Meanings
- alternativeAlternative form of baria (“Greek diacritic”).
The accents ´ oxeia (acute) bareia ` (grave) and ῀ perispomene (circumflex) were the early prosodic recitation marks for the Gospels and lessons.
1988, Cyprus Today, volumes 26–27, Nicosia: Public Information Office, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 153 more examples
So the bareia points to the preparation of the following syllable: the causing the voice to fall at the weak element of a bar, followed by the raising of the voice at the strong element of the next bar.
1968, J. van Biezen, The Middle Byzantine Kanon-Notation of Manuscript H: A Paleographic Study with a Transcription of the Melodies of 13 Kanons and a Triodion, Bilthoven: A. B. Creyghton, →OCLC, page 25Besides, the graphic shapes of the oxeia and the bareia are identical here. They differ in slopes only: the oxeia has a right slope ´, while the bareia has a left one `.
1994, Еvgeny V. Gertsman, Petersburg Theoreticon, Odessa: ‘Variant’ Publishers, →ISBN, page 381Bareia is written at the beginning and ending of the word ελεγον, followed by a raised dot of punctuation. Oxeia begins new unit. There is also an acute accent on the initial ο.
2008, Stanley E. Porter, Wendy J. Porter, editors, New Testament Greek Papyri and Parchments: New Editions: Texts, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 178
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