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commented on things he read in Le Roy's book that tell us the instrument came to France by way of
Navarre and Biscay. Trichet also lets us know that Le Roy, the author of a mandore
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Cawelti, Andrea. “It’s Good to Be the King: Head-Pieces in
Ballard Folio Scores.” The Library Quarterly: Information, Community, Policy, vol. 84, no. 2, 2014, pp. 209–18. JSTOR,
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