The doctoral thesis

The rules by which Byzantine Dots writes Byzantine music Braille come from the doctoral thesis of Fr. Theodoros Tsampatzidis.

• Official recordNational Archive of PhD Theses (DOI)

Abstract

This doctoral dissertation focuses on the introduction and contribution of tactile recording systems in the teaching environment of Byzantine music, as well as how they can contribute to the equal education of visually impaired students.

Systematic mapping of the six dots braille codes of Byzantine chant, based on the methods of Dimitrios Chrysafidis and the monk Dositheos, is detailed presented. The application of the eBraille Byzantine music code and transcribing paleography of Byzantine music into braille are also included.

Additionally, methods for the tactile integration of Byzantine chant isokratima into Braille are described. Subsequently, proposals for the utilization of tactile writing systems in the environment of Byzantine music, along with perspectives opened by the use and application of eBraille Byzantine music code in modern reality, are presented.

How Byzantine Dots uses it

• The converter follows the method of the monk Dositheos as set out in the thesis on pages 118–167 (Tables 29–51). The method was approved by the Holy Synod of the Church of Greece in 1960.
• Each of the 222 signs in the mapping table refers to the table and page of the thesis it comes from.
• The output is written in the Byzantine music eBraille code (p. 161), so it can be read on a Braille display and embossed.
• The worked examples of Appendix E (pp. 311–314) are used to test the converter automatically.

Committee

Supervisor: Efstathios Makris, Associate Professor, Department of Music Studies, Ionian University. Members of the advisory committee: Zoi Dionysiou and Ioanna Etmektsoglou, Associate Professors, Ionian University.

The thesis is the intellectual property of its author. If you need it in an accessible format, write to info@byzantine-dots.gr.