Copied by one main scribe, with some additions by the scribe of MS D 11, probably Simon Mellet. The two flyleaves are from a chant manuscript. Additional leaves are pasted inside the front and back covers; these contain various ink scribblings, including the names (signatures?) of such composers as Franchois and Johannes Lupi. Most of the pieces are concordant with CambraiBM 11. The manuscript also contains a monophonic Mass Ordinary cycle and two other monophonic pieces. Copied for the Cathedral at Cambrai.
F-CA MS 6 (MS D 6)
Le Labo (formerly Médiathèque d'agglomération de Cambrai, and Bibliothèque Municipale/Bibliothèque Communale), Cambrai, France
choirbook: c. 1430-40
| Archive | Le Labo (formerly Médiathèque d'agglomération de Cambrai, and Bibliothèque Municipale/Bibliothèque Communale), Cambrai, France (F-CA) |
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| Shelfmark | MS 6 (MS D 6) |
| Surface | Parchment |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Measurements | 500 x 335 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 22 compositions, 11 from 4 composers, 11 are anonymous. |
General Description
Binding
Modern covers of pasteboard. Was in original binding at the time of Molinier's catalogue (1891).
Notation
black/red mensural notation
Ruling
4- and 5- line staves, height 16.5/28.5 mm; up to 8 staves per page.
Foliation
Original ink foliation, 36 ff + 2 endpapers
Decoration
Red and blue initials on a background of red or black filigree work.
Surface
parchment
Census Catalogue of Music Description
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3 Kyries, 5 Glorias, 5 Credos, 3 hymns = 16
(Binchois)-2, (Dufay)-7, (Franchois)-1, anon-6
i + 36 + i parchment folios, 500x335. Original ink foliation. Modern covers of pasteboard. No index. Black/red mensural notation. Copied by a single scribe, who also copied CambraiBM 11. Red and blue initials on a background of red or black filigree work. The two flyleaves are from a chant manuscript. Additional leaves are pasted inside the front and back covers; these contain various ink scribblings, including the names of such composers as Franchois and Johannes Lupi. Most of the pieces are concordant with CambraiBM 11. 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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