F-CA MS 11 (MS D 11)

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

choirbook: c. 1430-40 (CCM); 1442 (PlanchartD)

Archive	Le Labo (formerly Médiathèque d'agglomération de Cambrai, and Bibliothèque Municipale/Bibliothèque Comunale), Cambrai, France (F-CA)
Shelfmark	MS 11 (MS D 11)
Surface	Parchment
Numbering System	Foliation
Measurements	486 x 360 mm
Other Identifiers	CCM: CambraiBM 11
Notations	black full mensural red mensural
Copyists	? Mellet, Simon (ca. 1415–ca. 1480) Text and Music scribal concordance [48], possibly Simon Mellet Text and Music
Relationships	Cambrai Cathedral (owner)
External Links	Selected images of all Cambrai MSS
Provenance	Cambrai Cathedral , Cambrai, France
Contents	27 pieces from 9 composers

General Description

Copied by a single scribe, identified by CurtisMM as Simon Mellet, who also copied some of CambraiBM 6. The two flyleaves are from a chant manuscript. Most of the pieces are concordant with CambraiBM 6. The manuscript also contains a monophonic Mass Ordinary cycle and two other monophonic pieces. Copied for the Cathedral at Cambrai.

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Binding

Original covers of brown leather over boards.

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Notation

black/red mensural notation

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Date

c. 1430-40 (CCM); PlanchartD gives 1442 as "the most plausible date"

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Foliation

49 ff + 2 endpapers. Original ink foliation.

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Decoration

Red or blue primary initials; black inked secondary initials.

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Surface

parchment

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Census Catalogue of Music Description

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5 Kyries, 7 Glorias, 7 Credos = 19

(Benet/Dunstable/Power)-1, (Binchois)-5, (Dufay)-7, (Franchois)-1, anon-5

i + 49 + i parchment folios, 486 x 360. Original ink foliation. Original covers of brown leather over boards. No index. Black/red mensural notation. Copied by a single scribe, who also copied CambraiBM 6. Red or blue primary initials; black inked secondary initials. The two flyleaves are from a chant manuscript. Most of the pieces are concordant with CambraiBM 6. The manuscript also contains a monophonic Mass Ordinary cycle and two other monophonic pieces.

Ca. 1430-40. Copied for the Cathedral at Cambrai.

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

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Folio / Pages	Composition / Item title	Source attribution	Composers (? Uncertain)
1	Alleluia: O Maria pia mater	-	Anonymous
Alleluia: O Maria pia mater Anonymous Appears on: 1 Voice: [no designation] Languages: Latin
1–1v	Salve decus purtatis	-	Anonymous
Salve decus purtatis Anonymous Appears on: 1–1v Voice: [no designation] Languages: Latin
2	Kyrie eleison (KGC group - iv/1)	-	Du Fay, Guillaume (1397–1474)
Kyrie eleison (KGC group - iv/1) Du Fay, Guillaume (1397–1474) Appears on: 2 Genres: Kyrie eleison, Motet
2v–3	Kyrie eleison (iv/19)	-	Binchois, Gilles (ca. 1400–1460) (?) Du Fay, Guillaume (1397–1474) (?)
Kyrie eleison (iv/19) Binchois, Gilles (ca. 1400–1460) (?) Du Fay, Guillaume (1397–1474) (?) Appears on: 2v–3 Genres: Kyrie eleison, Mass Ordinary
3v–4	Kyrie	-	Anonymous
Kyrie Anonymous Appears on: 3v–4 Voice: [no designation] Languages: Latin, Greek
4v–5	Kyrie	-	Anonymous
Kyrie Anonymous Appears on: 4v–5 Voice: [no designation] Languages: Latin, Greek
5v–6	Kyrie	-	Anonymous
Kyrie Anonymous Appears on: 5v–6 Voice: [no designation] Languages: Latin, Greek
6	Kyrie	-	Anonymous
Kyrie Anonymous Appears on: 6 Voice: [no designation] Languages: Latin, Greek
6v–8	Et in terra pax [Gloria] (iv/4) (Amen tropes Resurrexit dominus; Tu m’a monte)	-	Du Fay, Guillaume (1397–1474)
Et in terra pax [Gloria] (iv/4) (Amen tropes Resurrexit dominus; Tu m’a monte) Du Fay, Guillaume (1397–1474) Appears on: 6v–8 Genres: Gloria (et in terra pax), Mass Ordinary
9–11	Et in terra pax [Gloria] [Kaye 1a]	-	Binchois, Gilles (ca. 1400–1460)
Et in terra pax [Gloria] [Kaye 1a] Binchois, Gilles (ca. 1400–1460) Appears on: 9–11 Genres: Gloria (et in terra pax), Mass Ordinary
11v–13v	Et in terra pax [Gloria] (iv/5)	-	Du Fay, Guillaume (1397–1474)
Et in terra pax [Gloria] (iv/5) Du Fay, Guillaume (1397–1474) Appears on: 11v–13v Genres: Gloria (et in terra pax), Mass Ordinary
14–15	Et in terra pax [Gloria] (iv/21)	-	Du Fay, Guillaume (1397–1474)
Et in terra pax [Gloria] (iv/21) Du Fay, Guillaume (1397–1474) Appears on: 14–15 Genres: Gloria (et in terra pax), Mass Ordinary
15v–18	Et in terra pax [Gloria] (with CT by Du Fay) (iv/30)	Contratenor du fay	Grenon, Nicolas (?) Du Fay, Guillaume (1397–1474)
Et in terra pax [Gloria] (with CT by Du Fay) (iv/30) Grenon, Nicolas (?) Du Fay, Guillaume (1397–1474) Appears on: 15v–18 Genres: Gloria (et in terra pax), Mass Ordinary Source Attribution: Contratenor du fay Voice: [no designation] Languages: Latin General Note This is the only inscription found in this MS
18v–20	Et in terra pax [Gloria] [Kaye 17]	-	Binchois, Gilles (ca. 1400–1460)
Et in terra pax [Gloria] [Kaye 17] Binchois, Gilles (ca. 1400–1460) Appears on: 18v–20 Genres: Gloria (et in terra pax), Mass Ordinary
20v–22	Et in terra pax [Gloria]	-	Power, Leonel (–1445) (?) Benet, John (–ca. 1458) (?) Dunstaple, John (ca. 1390–1453) (?) Bonnet, Pierre (?)
Et in terra pax [Gloria] Power, Leonel (–1445) (?) Benet, John (–ca. 1458) (?) Dunstaple, John (ca. 1390–1453) (?) Bonnet, Pierre (?) Appears on: 20v–22 Genres: Gloria (et in terra pax), Mass Ordinary
22v	Et in terra pax [Gloria]	-	Anonymous
Et in terra pax [Gloria] Anonymous Appears on: 22v Voice: [no designation] Languages: Latin
23–27	Patrem omnipotentem [Credo] (iv/4) (Amen tropes Dic Maria, La vilanella)	-	Du Fay, Guillaume (1397–1474)
Patrem omnipotentem [Credo] (iv/4) (Amen tropes Dic Maria, La vilanella) Du Fay, Guillaume (1397–1474) Appears on: 23–27 Genres: Credo (patrem omnipotentem), Mass Ordinary, Troped Credo Voice: [no designation] Languages: Latin Voice Text: Patrem (Credo)
27v–31	Patrem omnipotentem [Credo] (iv/5)	-	Du Fay, Guillaume (1397–1474)
Patrem omnipotentem [Credo] (iv/5) Du Fay, Guillaume (1397–1474) Appears on: 27v–31 Genres: Credo (patrem omnipotentem), Mass Ordinary
31v–34v	Patrem omnipotentem [Credo] [Kaye 1b]	-	Binchois, Gilles (ca. 1400–1460)
Patrem omnipotentem [Credo] [Kaye 1b] Binchois, Gilles (ca. 1400–1460) Appears on: 31v–34v Genres: Credo (patrem omnipotentem), Mass Ordinary
35–38	Patrem omnipotentem [Credo] 'Aversi' [Kaye 19]	-	Binchois, Gilles (ca. 1400–1460)
Patrem omnipotentem [Credo] 'Aversi' [Kaye 19] Binchois, Gilles (ca. 1400–1460) Appears on: 35–38 Genres: Credo (patrem omnipotentem), Mass Ordinary
38v–41v	Patrem omnipotentem [Credo]	-	Gemblaco (Gembloux), Johannes Franchois de
Patrem omnipotentem [Credo] Gemblaco (Gembloux), Johannes Franchois de Appears on: 38v–41v Genres: Credo (patrem omnipotentem), Mass Ordinary
42–45v	Patrem omnipotentem [Credo] [Kaye 3b]	-	Binchois, Gilles (ca. 1400–1460) Binchois, Gilles (ca. 1400–1460)
Patrem omnipotentem [Credo] [Kaye 3b] Binchois, Gilles (ca. 1400–1460) Binchois, Gilles (ca. 1400–1460) Appears on: 42–45v Genres: Credo (patrem omnipotentem), Mass Ordinary
46–48v	Patrem omnipotentem [Credo]	-	Anonymous
Patrem omnipotentem [Credo] Anonymous Appears on: 46–48v Voice: [no designation] Languages: Latin
48v–49v	Patrem omnipotentem [Credo]	-	Anonymous
Patrem omnipotentem [Credo] Anonymous Appears on: 48v–49v Voice: [no designation] Languages: Latin
50	Sanctus	-	Anonymous
Sanctus Anonymous Appears on: 50 Voice: [no designation] Languages: Latin
50v	Agnus	-	Anonymous
Agnus Anonymous Appears on: 50v Voice: [no designation] Languages: Latin
51–51v	Gaude summe summa parens	-	Anonymous
Gaude summe summa parens Anonymous Appears on: 51–51v Voice: [no designation] Languages: Latin

Composer	Compositions
Anonymous	Agnus – 50v Alleluia: O Maria pia mater – 1 Et in terra pax [Gloria] – 22v Gaude summe summa parens – 51–51v Kyrie – 3v–4 Kyrie – 6 Kyrie – 4v–5 Kyrie – 5v–6 Patrem omnipotentem [Credo] – 48v–49v Patrem omnipotentem [Credo] – 46–48v Salve decus purtatis – 1–1v Sanctus – 50
Benet, John (–ca. 1458)	(?) Et in terra pax [Gloria] – 20v–22
Binchois, Gilles (ca. 1400–1460)	Et in terra pax [Gloria] [Kaye 17] – 18v–20 Et in terra pax [Gloria] [Kaye 1a] – 9–11 (?) Kyrie eleison (iv/19) – 2v–3 Patrem omnipotentem [Credo] 'Aversi' [Kaye 19] – 35–38 Patrem omnipotentem [Credo] [Kaye 1b] – 31v–34v Patrem omnipotentem [Credo] [Kaye 3b] – 42–45v Patrem omnipotentem [Credo] [Kaye 3b] – 42–45v
Bonnet, Pierre	(?) Et in terra pax [Gloria] – 20v–22
Du Fay, Guillaume (1397–1474)	Et in terra pax [Gloria] (iv/21) – 14–15 Et in terra pax [Gloria] (iv/4) (Amen tropes Resurrexit dominus; Tu m’a monte) – 6v–8 Et in terra pax [Gloria] (iv/5) – 11v–13v Et in terra pax [Gloria] (with CT by Du Fay) (iv/30) – 15v–18 Kyrie eleison (KGC group - iv/1) – 2 (?) Kyrie eleison (iv/19) – 2v–3 Patrem omnipotentem [Credo] (iv/4) (Amen tropes Dic Maria, La vilanella) – 23–27 Patrem omnipotentem [Credo] (iv/5) – 27v–31
Dunstaple, John (ca. 1390–1453)	(?) Et in terra pax [Gloria] – 20v–22
Gemblaco (Gembloux), Johannes Franchois de	Patrem omnipotentem [Credo] – 38v–41v
Grenon, Nicolas	(?) Et in terra pax [Gloria] (with CT by Du Fay) (iv/30) – 15v–18
Power, Leonel (–1445)	(?) Et in terra pax [Gloria] – 20v–22

Composition	Composers (? Uncertain)	Folios / Pages
Agnus	Anonymous	50v
Alleluia: O Maria pia mater	Anonymous	1
Et in terra pax [Gloria]	Power, Leonel (–1445) (?) Benet, John (–ca. 1458) (?) Dunstaple, John (ca. 1390–1453) (?) Bonnet, Pierre (?)	20v–22
Et in terra pax [Gloria]	Anonymous	22v
Et in terra pax [Gloria] (iv/21)	Du Fay, Guillaume (1397–1474)	14–15
Et in terra pax [Gloria] (iv/4) (Amen tropes Resurrexit dominus; Tu m’a monte)	Du Fay, Guillaume (1397–1474)	6v–8
Et in terra pax [Gloria] (iv/5)	Du Fay, Guillaume (1397–1474)	11v–13v
Et in terra pax [Gloria] (with CT by Du Fay) (iv/30)	Grenon, Nicolas (?) Du Fay, Guillaume (1397–1474)	15v–18
Et in terra pax [Gloria] [Kaye 17]	Binchois, Gilles (ca. 1400–1460)	18v–20
Et in terra pax [Gloria] [Kaye 1a]	Binchois, Gilles (ca. 1400–1460)	9–11
Gaude summe summa parens	Anonymous	51–51v
Kyrie	Anonymous	3v–4
Kyrie	Anonymous	4v–5
Kyrie	Anonymous	5v–6
Kyrie	Anonymous	6
Kyrie eleison (iv/19)	Binchois, Gilles (ca. 1400–1460) (?) Du Fay, Guillaume (1397–1474) (?)	2v–3
Kyrie eleison (KGC group - iv/1)	Du Fay, Guillaume (1397–1474)	2
Patrem omnipotentem [Credo]	Gemblaco (Gembloux), Johannes Franchois de	38v–41v
Patrem omnipotentem [Credo]	Anonymous	46–48v
Patrem omnipotentem [Credo]	Anonymous	48v–49v
Patrem omnipotentem [Credo] 'Aversi' [Kaye 19]	Binchois, Gilles (ca. 1400–1460)	35–38
Patrem omnipotentem [Credo] (iv/4) (Amen tropes Dic Maria, La vilanella)	Du Fay, Guillaume (1397–1474)	23–27
Patrem omnipotentem [Credo] (iv/5)	Du Fay, Guillaume (1397–1474)	27v–31
Patrem omnipotentem [Credo] [Kaye 1b]	Binchois, Gilles (ca. 1400–1460)	31v–34v
Patrem omnipotentem [Credo] [Kaye 3b]	Binchois, Gilles (ca. 1400–1460) Binchois, Gilles (ca. 1400–1460)	42–45v
Salve decus purtatis	Anonymous	1–1v
Sanctus	Anonymous	50

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

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F-CA MS 11 (MS D 11)

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

choirbook: c. 1430-40 (CCM); 1442 (PlanchartD)

General Description

Binding

Notation

Date

Foliation

Decoration

Surface

Census Catalogue of Music Description

General Note

DIAMM, 2016

Monday, 23 January, 2017

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

Monday, 23 January, 2017