Des notes et des sons qui se déploient Les points de vue provenant du champ grammatical et de la géométrie

This essay explores the relationship between words, breath and sounds from Classical to Medieval times. Medieval conceptions of sound vibrations, travelling through the so-called ‘animating spirit’ to the brain, were transformed into images which could then be understood and remembered. Imagination (image-making) is, in this view, a complex of brain activities. Remembered sounds could thus be notated, either as words or as music.