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autograph manuscript, canon, Harvard University, Houghton Library, ink, measure, microscope, paper, staff
Houghton Library at Harvard University has recently examined a Bach manuscript from their collection under a microscope capable of capturing images. Fascinating details of the seventh measure of Canon à 4. Voc: perpetuus (BWV 1073) emerge at high magnification, including bleeding ink at staff lines, individual ink particles and a densely woven network of paper fibers.
Houghton Library – Harvard University
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jack said:
A lovely but of musical calligraphy. I wonder if an apprentice (or a Bach child) was employed to draw the horizontal staff lines(?)