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Chant palaeography
- Chant palaeography is concerned with the forms of distinct plainchant notations found in medieval musical codices of the Catholic Church.
- Initial contributions from Hungary:
- 1922: Kálmán Isoz, Latin zenei paleográfia és a Pray-kódex zenei hangjelzései (Latin musical palaeography and the musical notation of the Pray Codex)
- 1950s: Zoltán Falvy, A Pray-kódex zenei paleográfiája (The musical palaeography of the Pray Codex, 1954)
- 1963: Zoltán Falvy and László Mezey, Codex Albensis. Ein Antiphonar aus dem 12. Jahrhundert (the first scholarly source publication from Hungary)
- 1960s onwards: parallel work by Kilián Szigeti, Benjamin Rajeczky, László Dobszay and Janka Szendrei
- Following detailed research by Janka Szendrei, there appeared in 1999 the first comprehensive history of Hungarian notation, centred on the history, characteristics and versions of Esztergom Notation, which she had identified.
- Further sources have appeared, mainly fragments of codices. Furthermore, research into Gregorian palaeography is being stimulated and continued in the Department as the study of fragments grows into a subject of strategic importance.