Seems to be an excellent piece, Doug, part of a larger series of discussions
on MS study, and (the part I URLed) drawing on Parkes' _Pause and Effect_.
Following through on Christopher's heads-up, I had a look (ain't google
books wonderful?) at Isadore of Seville's _Etymologies_, I.20.
Sheesh!! Talk about Rube Goldberg!! Only excelled by I.21, dealing with "the
26 critical marks placed in poetry."
<g>
http://books.google.com/books?id=igxC93_A-fIC&pg=PT53&lpg=PT53&dq=Isidore+Etymologies+punctuation&source=bl&ots=kZR2ZhQ0Pq&sig=YwtKVK5zZtKNNwZxBRH6mtNUg54&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=8&ct=result#PPT54,M1
... but I'd argue that Isadore there makes my point, in that he seems to be
primarily (entirely?) concerned by the way that pointing in MSS reflects the
spoken voice.
He does seem to carry it to an extreme, admittedly, and whether MSS were
ever *actually scored to the extent that he implies, I wonder ...
Robin
----- Original Message -----
From: "Douglas Barbour" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2009 11:38 PM
Subject: Re: Inverted commas and such
> Geez, I might have known my old pal, Stephen Reimer would fit in here...
> Good for UofA.
>
> Doug
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