F-DOU Ms 1105/3, fragment 74.4/1

Bibliothèque Marceline Desbordes-Valmore [former Bibliothèque Municipale], Douai, France

fragment: after 1373

Archive	Bibliothèque Marceline Desbordes-Valmore [former Bibliothèque Municipale], Douai, France (F-DOU)
Shelfmark	Ms 1105/3, fragment 74.4/1
Surface	Parchment
Numbering System	None / Unknown
Format	portrait
Measurements	301 x 245mm
Notations	black full mensural red mensural
External Links	14th-century French music notation tutorials
Provenance	Flanders? Belgium? Normandy? Northern France? Liège? Belgium?
Contents	Contains 5 compositions, 1 from 1 composer, 4 are anonymous.

General Description

These four folios preserved in the Douai library contains fragments from a fourteenth-century music manuscript: one Gloria, two incomplete motets and two complete motets, all of them unica, with the exception of Multipliciter amando preserved in F-CH MS 564. Music, notated in black full mensural notation (with red coloration), is laid out in choirbook format. No information is known about the host volume(s) in which they were used as binding material.

Folio 1r: most likely the motetus of an incomplete Latin motet in praise of St John the Baptist. The melody is divided into two rhythmic patterns repeated three times each; the different mensurations of the two rhythmic patterns can be understood as a 2:1 diminution.

1v-2r: 3vv Latin motet with isorhythmic tenor on “Letificat iuventutem meam” with periodic upper-voice structure. Motetus on folio 2r is barely legible. Concordance in F-CH MS 564 (Chantilly codex).

2v-3r: 3vv, troped, Et in terra pax (Gloria) with a long melismatic “Amen” (47 perfect breves). The three voices are texted.

3v-4r: 4vv Latin motet with a solus tenor, with tenor “Ave Maria” (CAO 1539). Lower voices are homographic and alternate black and red notation; their mensuration and proportions are given in a Latin canon on folio 4r. The name of the composer, Frater Johannes Vavassoris, is encoded as an acrostic in the triplum text. The motetus text encodes the date of composition as an acrostic: 1373. The motetus text also encodes the “Ave Maria” prayer of the tenor as a telestic.

4v: most likely the triplum of an incomplete Latin motet in praise of St Lambert of Maastricht; ‘Sanctus Lambertus’ is quoted by an acrostic in the text.

Manon Louviot, 2020

Decoration

Simple penwork initials on ff. 2v-3; otherwise modestly or non decorated initials

Manon Louviot, 2020

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Folio / Pages	Composition / Item title	Source attribution	Composers (? Uncertain)
1r	O martir beatissime	-	Anonymous
O martir beatissime Anonymous Appears on: 1r Genres: Motet Number of voices: 1 Voice: [no designation] Languages: Latin Clef: c1 Voice Text: O martir beatissime in machaerunta humatus... General Note Only one, incomplete voice, probably the motetus of a three-voice Latin motet in praise of St John the Baptist. The melody is divided into two rhythmic patterns repeated three times each; the different mensurations of the two rhythmic patterns can be understood as a 2:1 diminution. Item Bibliography Louviot, Manon. Forthcoming 2021. Uncovering the Douai Fragment: Composing Polyphony and Encoding a Composer in the Late Fourteenth Century. Early Music History, .
1v–2r	Multipliciter amando et letando / Favore habundare huius / Letificat juventutem meam	-	Anonymous
Multipliciter amando et letando / Favore habundare huius / Letificat juventutem meam Anonymous Appears on: 1v–2r Genres: Motet Number of voices: 3 Voice: [no designation] Languages: Latin Clef: C2 and C1 Voice Text: Multipliciter amando et letando... Voice: [no designation] Languages: Latin Clef: c1 Voice Text: Favore habundare... Voice: Tenor Languages: Latin Clef: c4 Voice Text: [none] General Note Latin motet with isorhythmic tenor on “Letificat iuventutem meam” with periodic upper-voice structure. the motetus on folio 2r is barely legible. IIn the second voice, the C2-clef was probably intended as a C1-clef, since the scribe used the upper ruling line as a stave line and never used the original first line of the stave. Item Bibliography Louviot, Manon. Forthcoming 2021. Uncovering the Douai Fragment: Composing Polyphony and Encoding a Composer in the Late Fourteenth Century. Early Music History, .
2v–3r	Et in terra pax [Gloria]	-	Anonymous
Et in terra pax [Gloria] Anonymous Appears on: 2v–3r Genres: Gloria (et in terra pax), Mass Ordinary Number of voices: 3 Voice: [no designation] Languages: Latin Clef: c2 Voice Text: Et in terra pax hominibus... Voice: [no designation] Languages: Latin Clef: c2 Voice Text: Et in terra pax hominibus... Voice: Tenor Languages: Latin Clef: c4 Voice Text: Et in terra pax hominibus... General Note Troped Et in terra pax (Gloria) with a long melismatic “Amen” (47 perfect breves). All three voices are texted. Item Bibliography Louviot, Manon. Forthcoming 2021. Uncovering the Douai Fragment: Composing Polyphony and Encoding a Composer in the Late Fourteenth Century. Early Music History, .
3v–4r	Ferre solet/ Ana theos de gracia/ Ave Maria/ Contratenor/ Solus tenor	Frater Johannes Vavassoris	Vavassoris, Johannes
Ferre solet/ Ana theos de gracia/ Ave Maria/ Contratenor/ Solus tenor Vavassoris, Johannes Appears on: 3v–4r Genres: Motet Source Attribution: Frater Johannes Vavassoris Number of voices: 4 + solus Tenor Voice: [no designation] Languages: Latin Clef: c1 Voice Text: [F]erre solet cor gaudium... Voice: Contratenor Languages: none Clef: f2 Voice Text: [none] Voice: Solus Tenor Languages: none Clef: f2 Voice Text: [none] Voice: [no designation] Languages: Latin Clef: c2 Voice Text: Ana theos de gracia... Voice: Tenor Languages: Latin Clef: f3 Voice Text: Ave Maria… General Note Latin motet with a solus tenor, with tenor “Ave Maria” (CAO 1539). Lower voices are homographic and alternate black and red notation; their mensuration and proportions are given in a Latin canon on folio 4r. The name of the composer, Frater Johannes Vavassoris, is encoded as an acrostic in the triplum text. The motetus text encodes the date of composition as an acrostic: 1373. The motetus text also encodes the “Ave Maria” prayer of the tenor as a telestic. Item Bibliography Louviot, Manon. Forthcoming 2021. Uncovering the Douai Fragment: Composing Polyphony and Encoding a Composer in the Late Fourteenth Century. Early Music History, .
4v	Salus honor et gloria resonant me	-	Anonymous
Salus honor et gloria resonant me Anonymous Appears on: 4v Genres: Motet Number of voices: 1 (3) Voice: [no designation] Languages: Latin Clef: c1 Voice Text: Salus honor et gloria… General Note Incomplete; probably the triplum of a three-voice Latin motet in praise of St Lambert of Maastricht: ‘Sanctus Lambertus’ is quoted by an acrostic in the text. Item Bibliography Louviot, Manon. Forthcoming 2021. Uncovering the Douai Fragment: Composing Polyphony and Encoding a Composer in the Late Fourteenth Century. Early Music History, .

Composer	Compositions
Anonymous	Et in terra pax [Gloria] – 2v–3r Multipliciter amando et letando / Favore habundare huius / Letificat juventutem meam – 1v–2r O martir beatissime – 1r Salus honor et gloria resonant me – 4v
Vavassoris, Johannes	Ferre solet/ Ana theos de gracia/ Ave Maria/ Contratenor/ Solus tenor – 3v–4r

Composition	Composers (? Uncertain)	Folios / Pages
Et in terra pax [Gloria]	Anonymous	2v–3r
Ferre solet/ Ana theos de gracia/ Ave Maria/ Contratenor/ Solus tenor	Vavassoris, Johannes	3v–4r
Multipliciter amando et letando / Favore habundare huius / Letificat juventutem meam	Anonymous	1v–2r
O martir beatissime	Anonymous	1r
Salus honor et gloria resonant me	Anonymous	4v

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‡ denotes primary source study

‡ Louviot, Manon. Forthcoming 2021. Uncovering the Douai Fragment: Composing Polyphony and Encoding a Composer in the Late Fourteenth Century. Early Music History, . Notes: physical description; contents list; texts (with English translations by Leofranc Holford-Strevens); facsimile (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

Meyer, Christian. 2016. Catalogue des manuscrits notés du Moyen Age conservés dans les bibliothèques publiques de France. Collections du Nord – Pas-de-Calais et de Picardie. Volume II: Chantilly, Douai, Laon, Lille, Saint-Omer, Saint-Quentin, Soissons, Valenciennes. Turnhout: Brepols. Pages: 119. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list (partial).

Bouckaert, Bruno. 2007. Mémoires du chant. Le livre de musique d'Isidore de Séville à Edmond de Coussemaker. Neerpelt/Lille: Alamire & Ad Fugam. Pages: 81 (n° 54, B. Haggh). Notes: physical description (partial); content lists (partial).

Dehaisnes, Chrétien. 1878. Catalogue général des manuscrits des bibliothèques publiques des départements. Tome VI, Douai. Notes: mention of the collection in which the fragment is currently preserved.

Coussemaker, Charles Edmond Henri de. 1852. Histoire de l'harmonie au moyen-âge. Pages: 210-11. Notes: mention of MS.

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