De Musica (formerly titled) - BSB Clm 14523

De Musica (formerly titled) - BSB Clm 14523

De computo - BSB Clm 14523

Hieronymus Ad Dardanum de diversis generibus musicorum

Boethius

Anicius Manlius Severinus Boëthius, aka Boethius (ca. 480 - 524)

Walahfridus Strabo (808 - 849)

Hieronymus Sophronius Eusebius / pseudo-Hieronymous (347 - 419/420)

Isidorus Hispalensis, aka Isidore of Seville (c. 560 – 636)

Guido Aretinus, aka Guido d'Arezzo (ca. 991/992 – after 1033)

Hrabanus Maurus (780 - 856)

850/875

ca. 850 - 875 AD

Illuminated manuscript

Parchment

22.5 cm x 16 cm

Bayerische Staatsbibliothek: Munich, Germany.

From Angels to Orchestra: an iconographic history of the triangle through the 19th Century" by Dr. Mark Berry

Bodleian Library - Ms. Junius 25

Bayerische Staatsbibliothek - Clm 6369

Bodleian Library - MS. D'Orville 77

Angers, BM, 0018 (0014)

"Les arts au moyen âge et à l'époque de la Renaissance" by Paul Lacroix published by Firmin-Didot.

"Karolingische muziekinstrumenten" by David van der Kellen (1827 - 1895), created between 1857 - 1864.

Bodleian Library - MS. Rawl. G. 185

Is this triangle simply insular art "doodling" ? A "triquetta" ?

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Although past scholarship has suggested that this image represents the earliest known image of a triangle, current scholarship concludes that this is not a musical triangle.

Public Domain

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