Note 26 — § 27. The Musical Notation.

Since this was written I have learned from Mr. H. S. Jones that the form for beta occurs on an inscription dated about 500 B.C., viz. Count Tyszkiewicz's bronze plate, published simultaneously by Robert in the Monumenti Antichi pubblicati per cura della reale Accademia dei Lincei, i. pp. 593 (with plate), and Fröhner in the Revue Archéologique, 1891 July-August, pp. 51 ff. Pl. xix. Mr. Jones points out that this connects the crescent beta ( C ) of Naxos, Delos, &c. with the common form, and is evidently therefore an early form of the letter.

I take this opportunity of thanking Mr. Jones for other help, especially in regard to the subject of this section.