Papal Court

Waesberghe, "Schola Cantorum, pp. 115-17, holds that the Schola Cantorum was under Byzantine influence, but that it was linked to a more traditional urban chant and liturgical celebrations in the churches of Rome. Van Dijk, "Urban and Papal Rites, pp. 465-72, on the other hand, asserts that the new Schola Cantorum had nothing to do with the urban liturgical rites of Rome, but was part of the policy of Pope Vitalian to model the papal court on the rich ceremonies of the Byzantine imperial court. 

Williams, Steven J. The early circulation of the pseudo Aristotelian "Secret of secrets" in the West the papal and imperial courts. Micrologus 2 (1994) 127-144. 

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