Scribal concordance with CambraiBM 3. Copied at the Cathedral in Cambrai. The two motets are later additions.
F-CA MS 4
Le Labo (formerly Médiathèque d'agglomération de Cambrai, and Bibliothèque Municipale/Bibliothèque Communale), Cambrai, France
manuscript of polyphony: c. 1526-30
| Archive | Le Labo (formerly Médiathèque d'agglomération de Cambrai, and Bibliothèque Municipale/Bibliothèque Communale), Cambrai, France (F-CA) |
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| Shelfmark | MS 4 |
| Image Availability | DIAMM does not have images of this source. Please refer to the external links for image availability. |
| Surface | Paper |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Measurements | 565 x 380 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 20 compositions, 16 from 8 composers, 4 are anonymous. |
General Description
Binding
Modern covers, restored so as to retain remnants of the original leather covers.
Watermark
Common watermarks with CambraiBM 3, CambraiBM 5, and CambraiBM 18.
Notation
black void mensural
Date
Ca. 1526-30 (KellML).
Foliation
272 ff + 6 endpapers
Foliation
Original foliation.
Decoration
Primary calligraphic initials in blue and red; secondary initials are smaller and simpler, in black ink with a wash of yellow or red.
Index
Original index.
Surface
paper
Census Catalogue of Music Description
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18 Masses, 2 motets = 20
(Barra)-1, (Compère)-1, (A. Fevin)-1, (Gascongne)-3, (Josquin)-1, (Josquin/Moulu)-1, (La Rue)-2, (Moulu)-2, (Mouton)-4, anon-4
iii + 272 + iii paper folios, 565 x 380. Original foliation. Modern covers, restored so as to retain remnants of the original leather covers. Original index. Scribal concordance with CambraiBM 3. Primary calligraphic initials in blue and red; secondary initials are smaller and simpler, in black ink with a wash of yellow or red. Common watermarks with CambraiBM 3, CambraiBM 5, and CambraiBM 18. The two motets are later additions.
Ca. 1526-30 (KellML). Copied at the Cathedral in Cambrai.
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‡ denotes primary source study
Coussemaker, Charles Edmond Henri de. 1975 (reprint). Notice sur les Collections Musicales de la Bibliothèque de Cambrai. Paris, 1843. Hildesheim and New York. Pages: 32-5. Notes: physical description; contents list.
Kellman, Herbert. 1970. Musical Links between France and the Empire, 1500-1530. Paper read at the Annual Meeting of the American Musicologica] Society, November 1970, . Notes: physical description; mention of MS; discussion.
Minor, Andrew C (editor). 1967-. Joannes Mouton: Opera Omnia. Corpus mensurabilis musicae, vol. 43. Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology. Pages: I, vii, xi; II, xiii; IV, xiv. Notes: concordances (partial).
Smijers, Albert (editor). 1927-56. Werken van Josquin des Prez: Missen. Amsterdam. Pages: XXX, xlii. Notes: physical description; contents list.
Wolf, Johannes. 1913-9; Reprinted: Hildesheim, 1963. Handbuch der Notationskunde. Leipzig. Pages: I, 445. Notes: mention of MS.
Molinier, Auguste. 1885-. Catalogue General des Manuscrits des Bibliothèques Publiques de France. Paris. Pages: l-2. Notes: physical description; contents list.
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William Kempster
Tuesday, 11 August, 2026
updated image link
Edward Tambling
Thursday, 22 October, 2020
Missa 'Missus est Gabriel angelus ad Mariam' on fols. 38v–48 identified as the setting being by Moulu (not by Josquin, just based on his motet).
Richard Dudas
Sunday, 26 July, 2020
BVMM image link added
DIAMM, 2016
Monday, 23 January, 2017
NB: Migrated from old site. Credit for notes may not be completely accurate. General Description; Binding Note; Watermark Note; Notation Note; Date Note; Foliation Note; Foliation Note; Decoration Note; Contents Note; Surface Note
Census-Catalogue of Manuscript Sources of Polyphonic Music 1400-1550
Monday, 23 January, 2017
NB: Migrated from old site. Credit for notes may not be completely accurate. Census Catalogue of Music Description