A Musical and Mathematical Context for CBS 1766

Thereby, they relate the numbers to the seven-pointed star, which they understand as a visual tuning chart for seven heptachords on a seven-stringed instrument, supplementing the numerical and verbal instructions contained in CBS 10996. [...] it is worth reflecting that although modern science achieves greater accuracy by measuring musical intervals in cents and the geometry of ancient temples and mediaeval cathedrals in metres, the proportional integer ratios essential to the structures of both musical scales and sacred buildings are thereby concealed.