The sign under two last octaves in the L.H. in A may be interpreted as diminuendo hairpins or a long accent. Both in GC and in FE it was interpreted rather as a long accent (the short accent in EE must be already considered as a misinterpretation). In turn, we interpret the slightly longer sign in GE as 
hairpins. Due to the frequent use of 
in this fragment, we give preference to such an interpretation also in the case of A.
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category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources
issues: Long accents, EE inaccuracies
notation: Articulation, Accents, Hairpins