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Antoine Busnoys - motet Anthoni usque limina in Brussels, Royale Library, MS 5557 (ca. 1470) The syllables “Anthoni us-” are written in red. (At the end of the motet, the syllables “-bus noys” are likewise written in red.) At the bottom of the page, the picture of a bell is supplied with an obscure instruction in mixed Greek and Latin on a banderole— Monostempus silens Modi sine me non Sit tot anthipsilens Nethesinemenon —explaining how often the bell should be rung in the performance of the motet. |