#musical notation

[cuties-in-codices]

floriated initials

from a cistercian processional, produced in the cistercian nunnery günterstal abbey, c. 1600

source: Karlsruhe, BLB, Cod. Güntersthal 2

[mudwerks]

(via Sheet Music For Cats And Their Lovers : Moritz von Schwind’s Katzensymphonie, 1868 - Flashbak)

[owlglock-pew-pew]

EYYYY FINISHED SKEETCHHHH

[upennmanuscripts]

This book of hours was produced in England, probably London, in the 15th century. It may have been made for a member of a religious confraternity or community. The musical notation in the Office of the Dead is unusual. (Ms. Codex 1063)

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[vissapost]

WHAT ARE THEY DOING IN MUSIC BRO

[medievalistsnet]

Medieval Musical Notations Discovered in 9th-Century Manuscript

A newly identified 9th-century manuscript leaf may contain some of the earliest known examples of written music in Western Europe — what experts are calling a rare witness to the very dawn of musical notation. The manuscript leaf is being offered on the public market for $80,000 US.

Read here

[danskjavlarna]

Source details and larger version.

I have some rather fun vintage bear imagery collected here.

[yeoldegodzilla]

A page from Hildegarde von Bingen's Ordo Virtutum with a hymn to Godzilla.