Copied by a single scribe, identified by CurtisMM as Simon Mellet, who also copied some of CambraiBM 6. The two flyleaves are from a chant manuscript. Most of the pieces are concordant with CambraiBM 6. The manuscript also contains a monophonic Mass Ordinary cycle and two other monophonic pieces. Copied for the Cathedral at Cambrai.
F-CA MS 11 (MS D 11)
Le Labo (formerly Médiathèque d'agglomération de Cambrai, and Bibliothèque Municipale/Bibliothèque Communale), Cambrai, France
choirbook: c. 1430-40 (CCM); 1442 (PlanchartD)
| Archive | Le Labo (formerly Médiathèque d'agglomération de Cambrai, and Bibliothèque Municipale/Bibliothèque Communale), Cambrai, France (F-CA) |
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| Shelfmark | MS 11 (MS D 11) |
| Surface | Parchment |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Measurements | 486 x 360 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 27 compositions, 15 from 8 composers, 12 are anonymous. |
General Description
Binding
Original covers of brown leather over boards.
Notation
black/red mensural notation
Date
c. 1430-40 (CCM); PlanchartD gives 1442 as "the most plausible date"
Foliation
49 ff + 2 endpapers. Original ink foliation.
Decoration
Red or blue primary initials; black inked secondary initials.
Surface
parchment
Census Catalogue of Music Description
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5 Kyries, 7 Glorias, 7 Credos = 19
(Benet/Dunstable/Power)-1, (Binchois)-5, (Dufay)-7, (Franchois)-1, anon-5
i + 49 + i parchment folios, 486 x 360. Original ink foliation. Original covers of brown leather over boards. No index. Black/red mensural notation. Copied by a single scribe, who also copied CambraiBM 6. Red or blue primary initials; black inked secondary initials. The two flyleaves are from a chant manuscript. Most of the pieces are concordant with CambraiBM 6. The manuscript also contains a monophonic Mass Ordinary cycle and two other monophonic pieces.
Ca. 1430-40. Copied for the Cathedral at Cambrai.
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