Meaning of positura | Babel Free

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A stroke added to a medieval punctus; a punctuation mark created by addition of such a stroke.

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“The positurae mark⟳ those pauses in the text which require⟳ the celebrant to inflect the recitation tone[…]”

“The positurae thus indicated not only the "appropriate melodic formula", but also a pause and therefore a rhythmical and syntactic break⟳ which it is the primary function of punctuation to mark⟳.”

“After all, it was the revision of the Cistercian liturgy that helped facilitate the widespread use⟳ of positurae, particularly the punctus flexus and punctus elevatus.”

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