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The Carolingian Sacramentaries of Saint-Amand: Art, Script, and Liturgical Creativity in an Early Medieval Monastery

The Carolingian Sacramentaries of Saint-Amand: Art, Script, and Liturgical Creativity in an Early Medieval Monastery

Westwell, Arthur

Hardcover

Series: Research in Medieval and Early Modern Culture, Book 39

Medieval & Renaissance HistoryChristian LivingGeneral Christianity

ISBN10: 1501521209
ISBN13: 9781501521201
Publisher: Medieval Institute Publications
Published: Aug 6 2024
Pages: 512
Weight: 1.97
Height: 1.13 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

The series of beautiful sacramentaries made at Saint-Amand in the later ninth century offer us unique insight into an early medieval scriptorium at work. These manuscripts contain principally the prayer texts for the celebration of the Mass, a ceremony which stood at the centre of monastic life in this period. They display how this largely neglected genre discloses creativity and initiative on the part of the monks of Saint-Amand, who re-organised and re-composed this especially versatile literature. They made their books uniquely comprehensive and full of insight into how the mass liturgy was re-made at a critical period in its development. This innovative study makes these sources accessible for the first time.

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