Musical discovery in the Stirling Castle carvings

From The Daily Mail:

Scotland’s earliest harp music was encrypted in an unknown binary code in a ceilings at Stirling Castle.

Wood carver John Donaldson discovered the mysterious code around the head of a woman in a wood panel that adorned the bed chamber of King James V of Scotland.

And now, for the first time in almost 500 years, the historic music has been brought to life on harps played by pupils at Allan

4 Comments:

  1. It would be nice if we could have heard the music too!

  2. I know! a little file sample or something!

    Totally cool.

  3. I found a link to a BBC article with a clip of someone playing it on the harp. It’s nice! I’ve updated the post, but here’s the link again, just in case:
    http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/8223720.stm

  4. I have heard of this castle but I have never heard about the roman numeral carvings on one of the walls there.Who would think that it actually symbolized a sonnet?! Fascinating.:-)
    It is funny that it took for this mans son to examine this and find out what it meant.So the father couldn’t even work it out.Clever.!

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