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Psalmos, notas, cantus: On the Meanings of nota in the Carolingian Period
- Author(s):
- Evina Steinova (see profile)
- Date:
- 2015
- Group(s):
- Early Medieval, Medieval Studies, Textual Scholarship
- Subject(s):
- Middle Ages, History, Latin language, Manuscripts, Medieval, Intellectual life
- Item Type:
- Article
- Tag(s):
- book history, Carolingian history, Carolingian, gloss, Annotation, Early medieval history, Medieval Latin, Medieval manuscripts, Intellectual history, Medieval studies
- Permanent URL:
- http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/M66C3X
- Abstract:
- The Latin quotation in the title of this article is taken from the Admonitio generalis, a key document of Charlemagne's reforms circulated in 789. In a well-known passage, to which the title refers, Charlemagne calls for the establishment of schools and adds a set of subjects that might be interpreted as the school curriculum. The whole passage has caused quite a few problems for scholars on account of its seemingly corrupt grammar and ambiguous vocabulary. In this article, I revisit the term 'nota' and provide some new insights in how it should be understood. I argue that the graphic symbols meant by this term include manuscript abbreviations, shorthand as well as technical signs, such as the critical signs to be found in Carolingian pandect Bibles.
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- Published as:
- Journal article
- Status:
- Published
- Last Updated:
- 6 years ago
- License:
- Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives
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