Jaques le Vinier
Jaques le Vinier (fl. 1240–60) was a trouvère probably from the region around Arras and associated with the trouvères of that city. He was a member of the Puy d'Arras and wrote a "jeu parti" with Andrieu Contredit. His "floruit" dates are reconstructed on the basis of his reference to Jehan Bretel in his "chanson d'amour" "De loial amour". Besides "chansons d'amour", Jaques also wrote "chansons" dedicated to the Virgin Mary. The main source preserving his work is the Vatican Chansonnier. Jaques wrote original melodies for his Marian songs, while most such works by other trouvères were  contrafacta of pre-existing music. The plagal melodies, all in bar form, are simple, but include both isometric or heterometric tunes. Jaques's complete œuvre comprises: It is doubtful whether this last one is Jaques's. Unlike his other Marian "chansons", it is a contrafactum of "Lo clar tems vei brunezir" by Raimon Jordan.