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!!Fiedler and Dancer
     

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The example is taken from Codex 32 of the University Library in
Graz. The manuscript probably originated in Italy and came to the
library via Seckau monastery (Styria). Some figures that are depicted
on Folio 106v are about 10 cm large. An analysis of the proportions
used by the artist explains why it is so lively.



Fiedler and dancer are standing on an imaginary
line which connects the toes of their shoes and their robes (K-P). The
distances between the points that are indicated show the following
relationships: K-L und L-M 8:9 (= the musical relation of a major
second);
L-M und M-O as well as M-O und O-P 3:2 (= Fifth), O-P und K-L 1:2 (=
Octave); L-M und M-P 10:9 (= minor second). The picture also
demonstrates further such relationships which can hardly have been mere
chance, especially since the figures had been corrected after the fact
(for example, the bottom part of the coat on the outer right has been
extended). The proportional relationships between the fiedler and the
dancer are obviously supposed to symbolically demonstrate that music (=
fiedler) and dance are based on the same principles. (E. Stadler)
 
 

 
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