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This gesture (reconstructed by me) corresponds to galgal ("wheel"), a common sign in psalmody and a rare sign in prosody. It retains the
same musical value in both systems. In Letteris and Ginsburg it appears like an upside-down bracket; in most other
printed editions, like a "v". In psalmody, manuscripts tend to "nuance" the shape of the written
sign according to its grammatical position (a tailess "u" in some places, a "v" in others).
So nuanced, the sign even goes without a name
in certain places! But all printed editions ignore these "nuances" as effectively post-imposed upon the
notation; and Haïk-Vantoura's decipherment process demonstrates that originally only one
musical sign was involved. |
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Updated July 23, 2010 |
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