F-CA MS 28

Le Labo (formerly Médiathèque d'agglomération de Cambrai, and Bibliothèque Municipale/Bibliothèque Communale), Cambrai, France

non-music MS with added polyphony: Mid-13th century with additions from the 15th and 16th centuries

Archive Le Labo (formerly Médiathèque d'agglomération de Cambrai, and Bibliothèque Municipale/Bibliothèque Communale), Cambrai, France (F-CA)
Shelfmark MS 28
Surface Parchment
Measurements 316 x 243 mm
Other Identifiers
  • CCM: CambraiBM 28
Notations
  • black void mensural
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Provenance
Contents Contains 1 composition, 1 is anonymous.
General Description

A polyphonic hymn on f. 77 of a manuscript containing a liturgical calendar and monophonic settings of various psalms and hymns. This host MS is mid-13th century, with additions from the 15th and 16th centuries; the polyphonic hymn was added in the mid-15th century. Copied for the cathedral in Cambrai.

DIAMM, 2017
Binding

Covers of brown tooled calfskin over wooden boards; remnants of clasps.

DIAMM, 2017
Notation

black void mensural

DIAMM, 2017
Ruling

red 4-line staves

DIAMM, 2017
Foliation

77

DIAMM, 2017
Decoration

Initials illuminated in vermilion and azure

DIAMM, 2017
Surface

parchment

DIAMM, 2017
Census Catalogue of Music Description

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1 hymn

Anonymous

77 parchment folios, 316 x 243. Several folios are now missing. Covers of brown tooled calfskin over wooden boards; remnants of clasps. Initials illuminated in vermilion and azure. The manuscript contains a liturgical calendar and monophonic settings of various psalms and hymns, in chant notation on red 4-line staves. The polyphonic hymn, in white mensural notation, is on f. 77; the piece also appears in CambraiBM 6.

Mid-13th century, with additions from the 15th and 16th centuries. The polyphonic hymn was added in the mid-15th century. Copied for the cathedral in Cambrai.

Census-Catalogue of Manuscript Sources of Polyphonic Music 1400-1550

61

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Folio / Pages Composition / Item title Number of voices Source attribution Composers (? Uncertain)
77 Iam ter quaternis - - Anonymous

Iam ter quaternis

Anonymous
Appears on: 77
Genres: Hymn
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: insufficient
Voice Text: Polyphonic hymn
Composer Compositions
Anonymous
Composition Composers (? Uncertain) Folios / Pages
Iam ter quaternis Anonymous 77

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‡ denotes primary source study

Hamm, Charles E, and Herbert Kellman (editors). 1979-1988. Census-Catalogue of Manuscript Sources of Polyphonic Music 1400-1550. Renaissance Manuscript Studies, vol. 1. 5 vols. Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology, Hänssler Verlag.

Leroquais, V. 1940-41. Les Psautiers Manuscrits Latins des Bibliothèques Publiques de France.  Mâcon. Pages: I, 112-3.

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Monday, 23 January, 2017

NB: Migrated from old site. Credit for notes may not be completely accurate. General Description; Binding Note; Notation Note; Ruling Note; Foliation Note; Decoration 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