The Divine Office in the Latin Middle Ages : methodology and source studies, regional developments, hagiography : written in honor of Professor Ruth Steiner / edited by Margot E. Fassler and Rebecca A. Baltzer.

Other author Steiner, Ruth, honoree.
Other author Fassler, Margot Elsbeth editor.
Other author Baltzer, Rebecca A. (Rebecca Anne), 1940- editor.
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : Oxford University Press, 2000.
Descriptionxxiv, 632 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Subjects

Contents Sermons, sacramentaries, and early sources for the Office in the Latin West: the example of Advent / Margot E. Fassler -- Reading an Office book / László Dobszay -- The origins of the Western Office / James W. McKinnon -- Observations on the Divine Office in the rule of the Master / Joseph Dyer -- Eastern and Western elements in the Irish monastic prayer of the Hours / Peter Jeffery -- The antiphoner of Compiègne: Paris, BNF lat. 17436 / Ritva Jacobsson -- The Divine Office at Saint-Martial in the early eleventh century: Paris, BNF lat. 1085 / James Grier -- The Cluniac processional of Solesmes: Bibliothèque de l'Abbaye, Réserve 28 / Michel Huglo -- Taking the rough with the smooth: melodic versions and manuscript status / Susan Rankin -- Office compositions from St. Gall: Saints Gallus and Otmar / Hartmut Möller -- The development and chronology of the Ambrosian Sanctorale: the evidence of the antiphon texts / Terence Bailey -- Performing Latin verse: text and music in early medieval versified Offices / Gunilla Björkvall & Andreas Haug -- From Office to Mass: the antiphons of Vespers and Lauds and the antiphons before the Gospel in Northern France / Anne Walters Robertson -- The Office for the Feast of the Circumcision from Le Puy / Wulf Arlt -- The Palm Sunday procession in medieval chartres / Craig Wright -- Nonconformity in the use of Cambrai Cathedral: Guillaume De Fay's foundations / Barbara Haggh -- Transforming a Viking into a saint: the Divine Office of St. Olav / Gunilla Iversen -- On the prose historia of St. Augustine / Janka Szendrei -- The historia of St. Julian of Le Mans by Létald of Micy: some comments and questions about a North French Office of the early eleventh century / David Hiley -- The Little Office of the Virgin and Mary's role at Paris / Rebecca A. Baltzer -- The Carmelite feast of the Presentation of the Virgin: a study in musical adaptation / James John Boyce -- Large projects and small resources: late medieval liturgical Offices / Andrew Hughes -- CANTUS and tonaries / Lora Matthews & Paul Merkley.
Abstract This volume is a practical guide to the Divine Office for students and scholars throughout the field of medieval studies. The book surveys the many questions related to the Office and presents the leading analytical tools and research methods now used in the field. This book is an essential resource for anyone studying medieval liturgy. Its accessible style and broad coverage make it an important basic reference for a wide range of students and scholars in art history, religious studies, social history, literature, musicology, and theology.
Bibliography note"Bibliography of writings by Ruth Steiner": pages 561-565.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 567-607) and indexes.
LCCN 99019507
ISBN0195124537

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