What distinguishes a codex from a scroll?

A. Individual codex pages are bound together.
B. It is printed on parchment or vellum.
C. It typically included illustrations called miniatures.
D. It could be written to be read vertically or horizontally.

Answer: A

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a) intelligibly project the meaning of the text b) provide singers with a body of music meant to impress listeners with feats of virtuosity c) provide training compositions for church choirs d) encourage composers to develop more precise ways of notating rhythm

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Which of these was an important seventeenth-century composer of French opera?

a) Henry Purcell b) Jean-Baptiste Lully c) Serge Gainsbourg d) Guillaume de Machaut

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