Contains a calendar, a psalter, several litanies and hymnaries, an Office of the Virgin, and an Office of the Dead; the polyphonic pieces are later additions. Copied at the Cathedral in Cambrai.
F-CA MS 29
Le Labo (formerly Médiathèque d'agglomération de Cambrai, and Bibliothèque Municipale/Bibliothèque Communale), Cambrai, France
chant book with added polyphony: 1435-50
| Archive | Le Labo (formerly Médiathèque d'agglomération de Cambrai, and Bibliothèque Municipale/Bibliothèque Communale), Cambrai, France (F-CA) |
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| Shelfmark | MS 29 |
| Surface | Parchment |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Measurements | 410 x 285 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 12 compositions, 2 from 1 composer, 10 are anonymous. |
General Description
Physical Description
Manuscript was restored after many folios were badly damaged and deteriorated.
Binding
Original covers of light tan leather over boards, with metal bosses and remnants of clasps
Notation
not indicated
Date
Date 1381 appears on f. 258 ('Hos hymnos fecit fieri dominus Jo. de Fontanis, Cameracensis capellanus, anno domini MCCCLXXXI'); the polyphonic hymns were added ca. 1435-50.
Foliation
286 ff
Decoration
Primary and secondary initials are alternately red and blue, with filigree work (sometimes extending to borders).
Surface
parchment
Census Catalogue of Music Description
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13 hymns (4 incomplete), 1 textless fragment = 14
(Dufay)-2, anon-12
286 parchment folios, 410 x 285. Manuscript was restored after many folios were badly damaged and deteriorated. Original covers of light tan leather over boards, with metal bosses and remnants of clasps. No index. Primary and secondary initials are alternately red and blue, with filigree work (sometimes extending to borders). The manuscript contains a calendar, a psalter, several litanies and hymnaries, an Office of the Virgin, and an Office of the Dead; the polyphonic pieces are later additions.
Date 1381 appears on f. 258 ("Hos hymnos fecit fieri dominus Jo. de Fontanis, Cameracensis capellanus, anno domini MCCCLXXXI"); the polyphonic hymns were added ca. 1435-50. 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: 63-5.
Ward, Tom Robert. 1972. The Polyphonic Office Hymn and the Liturgy of Fifteenth Century Italy. Musica Disciplina, 26: 161-88. Pages: 186.
Kanazawa, Masakata. 1966. Polyphonic music for Vespers in the fifteenth century. Harvard University, Ph.D. Dissertation, 2 vols. Pages: 91-2.
Leroquais, V. 1940-41. Les Psautiers Manuscrits Latins des Bibliothèques Publiques de France. Mâcon. Pages: I,113-5.
Wolf, Johannes. 1913-9; Reprinted: Hildesheim, 1963. Handbuch der Notationskunde. Leipzig. Pages: I, 448.
Molinier, Auguste. 1885-. Catalogue General des Manuscrits des Bibliothèques Publiques de France. Paris. Pages: 8.
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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