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The manuscript was prepared in approximately 1399. It originally contained 172 double pages, of which 32 have been lost. Six folios contain music. The title "The Red Book of
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Quia interdum peregrini quando vigilant in ecclesia Beate Marie de Monte
Serrato volunt cantare et trepudiare, et etiam in platea de die, et ibi non debeant nisi honestas ac devotas cantilenas cantare, idcirco superius et inferius alique sunt scripte. Et de hoc uti debent honeste et parce, ne
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MUSIC IN CATALONIA UNTIL THE XIVth CENTURY Atrium
Musicae/Paniagua MHS OR 433
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perturbent perseverantes in orationibus et devotis contemplationibus.
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Music of
Catalonia in the 14th Century: Llibre Vermell de Montserrat
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Un Llibre
Vermell, chants et danses des pèlerins de Montserrat.
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Imperayritz de la ciutat joyosa / Verges ses par misericordiosa
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Llibre
Vermell de Montserrat. A fourteenth century pilgrimage
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Free scores of songs from the Llibre
Vermell de Montserrat
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El Llibre
Vermell. Cantos y danzas de fines del Medioevo
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Llibre Vermell de Montserrat - Cantigas de Santa Maria.
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578:Llibre Vermell - Transcription and translation
574:contains modern notations of the songs in PDF.
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572:Llibre Vermell at Joyous Demaundes
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247:(fol. 24) ("Let us sing together")
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147:Imperayritz de la ciutat joyosa
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649:British Library, Add MS 29987
468:Lord of the Flies (1990 film)
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401:Llibre Vermell de Montserrat.
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592:Llibre Vermell de Montserrat
560:Choral Public Domain Library
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350:Llibre Vermell De Montserrat
220:(fol. 23) ("Splendid ruler")
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89:of the songs it contains.
477:Stella Splendens in Monte
244:Cuncti Simus Concanentes
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842:Ars cantus mensurabilis
566:Lyrics to all the songs
444:Cantigas de Santa Maria
298:Studio der Frühen Musik
66:monastery of Montserrat
552:at Amaranth Publishing
426:Mariam matrem virginem
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277:Ad Mortem Festinamus
98:Virgin of Montserrat
824:Worcester Fragments
768:Robertsbridge Codex
747:Old Hall Manuscript
712:Laudario di Cortona
684:Florence Manuscript
217:Splendens Ceptigera
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803:Squarcialupi Codex
394:Jean-Michel Hasler
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162:monophonic
154:folk songs
102:pilgrimage
84:Manuscript
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166:polyphony
74:Catalonia
70:Barcelona
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558:in the
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132:Catalan
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108:Music
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