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In the manuscript BL (British Library) Lansdowne 763!
In the treatise "Flores musice omnis cantus Gregoriani", complete with a little poem: Disce manum tuam si vis bene discere cantum... (Learn your hand if you want to learn singing well)
One of my favourites! In the Montecassino Cod 318!
An early modern one in the manuscript ML171.T81 at the Library of Congress:
And a stunning one in the Ebstorf manuscript for the use of nuns!
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