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  • Publisher:
    Cambridge University Press
    Publication date:
    04 January 2024
    18 January 2024
    ISBN:
    9781009360500
    9781009360487
    DOI:
    https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009360500
    Dimensions:
    (229 x 152 mm)
    Weight & Pages:
    0.618kg, 300 Pages
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    • Subjects:
    Literature, Printing and Publishing History
    Series:
    Cambridge Studies in Palaeography and Codicology
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    Subjects:
    Literature, Printing and Publishing History
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    Cambridge Studies in Palaeography and Codicology
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    This incisive, in-depth study unearths the significance of a neglected group of early medieval manuscripts, those which transmit the Ordines Romani. These texts present detailed scripts for Christian ceremonies that narrate the gestures, motions, actions and settings of ritual performance, with particular orientation to the Roman church. While they are usually understood as liturgical, and thus lacking any particular creative flair, Arthur Westwell here foregrounds their manuscript permutations in order to reveal their extraordinary dynamism. He reflects on how the Carolingian Church undertook to improve liturgical practice and understanding, questioning the accepted idea of a “reform” aimed at uniformity led by the monarch. Through these manuscripts, Westwell reveals a diversity of motivations in the recording of Roman liturgy and demonstrates the remarkable sophistication of Carolingian manuscript compilers.

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    ‘This book is an excellent example of revisionist research … in which the serious study of the manuscripts leads to conclusions different from those of the scholarly pioneers of an earlier period. Up until this point, the five-volume series of Andrieu was the only reference point for the study of the ordines romani. With Westwell’s contribution, we can now re-evaluate some of Andrieu’s conclusions and read the ordines in a new light.’

    Cassian Folsom Source: Ex Fonte – Journal of Ecumenical Studies in Liturgy

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