<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Bouris, Nick G</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Georgaki, Anastasia</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Chaldaeakes, Achilleas G</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">ENCODING BYZANTINE MUSIC NOTATION (ca. 1600-1814)</style></title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2018</style></year></dates><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">This paper discusses a new method for encoding Byzantine&lt;br&gt;Music Neumatic Notation (especially the one developed&lt;br&gt;during the ‘transitory’ period 1670-1814). The Notation of&lt;br&gt;this period is characterized by difficulties and peculiarities.&lt;br&gt;The difficult access to Byzantine manuscripts and their deteriorated&lt;br&gt;condition, complicate reading. In addition, our incomplete&lt;br&gt;knowledge of the interpretation of signs impedes&lt;br&gt;the comprehension of the musical text leading in results that&lt;br&gt;are often in dispute. The fact that sign unions are complex&lt;br&gt;enough together with their presence in various places in&lt;br&gt;a composition make electronic transcriptions the ultimate&lt;br&gt;challenge. Moreover, there does not exist a framework for&lt;br&gt;data encoding and analysis. This work presents a proposal&lt;br&gt;for the development of such a model for the old Byzantine&lt;br&gt;Neumatic Notation in Python. The implementation of this&lt;br&gt;project is still at an initial stage, and focuses, mostly, on the&lt;br&gt;efficient digitization of old manuscripts. The system, even&lt;br&gt;though fully functional, has certain limitations. Some signs&lt;br&gt;are missing, and the musical text is created using microphotographies.&lt;br&gt;Future developments of the program will focus&lt;br&gt;on resolving these deficiencies and adding more features to&lt;br&gt;the system.</style></abstract></record></records></xml>