Accepit et praefatum Iohannem abbatem Brittaniam perducendum; quatenus in monasterio suo cursum canendi annuum, sicut ad sanctum Petrum Romae agebatur, edoceret: egitque abba Iohannes ut iussionem acceperat pontificis, et ordinem videlicet, ritumque canendi ac legendi viva voce praefati monasterii cantores edocendo, et ea quae totius anni circulus in celebratione dierum festorum poscebat, etiam literis mandando: quae hactenus in eodem monasterio servata, et a multis iam sunt circumquaque transcripta.
He obtained also to bring the foresaid abbot John to Britain; to the intent he might teach in his monastery the yearly course of singing as it was done in Saint Peters at Rome: and the abbot John did, as he had commandment by the pope, that is to say, both teaching with his own voice the chanters of the said monastery the order and form of singing and reading, and also putting in writing those things that were required for the celebration of festival days for the whole compass of the year; which things have been hitherto kept in the same monastery, and by now have been copied out by many everywhere about.
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