TY - JOUR
T1 - Psalmos, notas, cantus: the meanings of nota in the Carolingian period
AU - Steinova, E.
PY - 2015/4
Y1 - 2015/4
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - early middle ages
KW - medieval manuscripts
KW - Medieval Paleography
KW - Carolingian culture
KW - marginal annotations
KW - medieval Latin
M3 - Article
VL - 90
SP - 424
EP - 457
JO - Speculum: A Journal of Medieval Studies
JF - Speculum: A Journal of Medieval Studies
SN - 0038-7134
IS - 2
ER -