Even if we consider the sign of A to be , the editions reproduced it inaccurately, extending it until the 4th quaver. However, the sign in A is almost certainly a long accent – cf. a sign of the same length on the last crotchet as well as a number of others, e.g. in bars 118-120, 125, 133.
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category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources
issues: Long accents, Inaccuracies in GE
notation: Articulation, Accents, Hairpins