Mensuration and Proportion Signs: Origins and Evolution

Contents

• Figures
• Abbreviations
• Introduction
• 1. The Representation and Interpretation of Mensuration Signs
• 2. The Origins of the Mensural System and Mensuration Signs
• 3. The Relationship between Perfect and Imperfect Time
• 4. The Relationship between Major and Minor Prolation
• 5. Diminution by Stroke and by Mode Signs
• 6. Proportion Signs
• Conclusion
• Appendix: Index of Signs
• Bibliography
• Index of Compositions
• General Index