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From: salley@canisius.UUCP (David Salley)
Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers
Subject: Re : The Book of Kells
Message-ID: <938@canisius.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 18-Sep-85 12:29:33 EDT
Article-I.D.: canisius.938
Posted: Wed Sep 18 12:29:33 1985
Date-Received: Sat, 21-Sep-85 10:36:49 EDT
Organization: Canisius College Computer Science, Buffalo, NY
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>	There have been theories (as yet unproven with any real rigor)
> that the ancient Celtic knotwork (with which the BOK's illuminated
> manuscripts abound) were a form of musical notation.   The connection
> between music and the spirals was always quite clear in the book.
> Hence, the opening of the time portal was not so much due to the
> cross John was tracing, but the geometry of the spirals themselves.

	I showed the above article to one of my housemates whose hobbies
include both Caligraphy and Illumination and playing the guitar.  She
asked that I post her response.

"Re : The use of Celtic Knotwork as a system of musical notation - horse hockey!
Anyone who is familiar w/ *any* system of musical notation and who has seen
a full size reproduction of the Book of Kells will readily understand this.
For those who don't, the entire weaving is so tiny and intricate that it
requires a magnifying glass to fully appreciate some of it.  In addition to
this obvious problem, there is the further one of the irregularity and
regularity of the knot work itself.  Yes, *both!*  The patterns vary but not
in the fashion of musical notation.  Within a page, the regularity of the
pattern is such that you would be playing or singing scales and only scales.
On the other hand, each page is DIFFERENT.  There are some simlarities between
the knot work patterns on different pages but there is nothing to show the
patterns would fit into a musical notation system.  It's too much alike on
each page but too different on all the pages together.
	Sorry to blow your theory.  As for the connection between time portals
and knot work - well, you're free to dream.

				Sincerely,	- Cori"

You may address any replies to me and I will forward them to her.
-- 
					David P. Salley
						-)------

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