A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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Quotation dates: 1400, 1490, 1549-1580
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Prolatio(u)n, -acioune, n. Also ? erroneous form: prelacioune. [ME and e.m.E. prolacioun (c 1374), L. prōlātiōn-, f. prōlāt-, p.p. stem of prōferre, to produce, to prolong.] a. The bringing forth or utterance (of words). b. In music, ‘a term used to indicate the relative duration or time value of the minim to the semibreve in the rhythm of a piece’ (OED). —a. c1400 Troy-bk. ii 304.
Anthenor Inne the mater of hys sermoune As he furth mayd prelacioune Inne certeyne signifyed he [etc.]1490 Irland Mir. MS fol. 235 b.
That the sempil pepile … wndirstand … the prolacioune and formacioune of the wourdis sacramentale —b. 1549 Complaynte of Scotland 37/22.
Singand melodius reportis of natural music in accordis of mesure of diapason prolations tripla ande dyatesseron c1550-c1580 Art of Music 1.
Music mensurall … is discretion of modulatioun and forme in discrait figuris in mud, tyme and prolatioun quantificat c1550-c1580 Ib. 6 b.
Major prolation … is ane semebrewe mesurit with thrie mynimis c1550-c1580 Ib. 15 b.
The vallour of ony noitt of perfyt muid tym and prolation c1550-c1580 Ib. 20 b.
It is the pwnt quhilk makkis the long perfyt in muid; the breif perfyt in tym, and the semebreif perfyt in prolatioun c1550-c1580 Ib. 24.
