The Bobbio Missal
The Bobbio Missal
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The Bobbio Missal was copied in south-eastern Gaul around the end of the seventh and beginning of the eighth century. It contains a unique combination of a lectionary and a sacramentary, to which a plethora of canonical and non-canonical material was added. The Missal is therefore highly regarded by liturgists; but, additionally, medieval historians welcome the information to be derived from material attached to the codex, which provides valuable data about the role and education of priests in Francia at that time, and indeed on their cultural and ideological background. The breadth of specialist knowledge provided by the team of scholars writing for this book enables the manuscript to be viewed as a whole, not as a narrow liturgical study. Collectively, the essays view the manuscript as physical object: they discuss the contents, they examine the language, and they look at the cultural context in which the codex was written.
- The first study of the Bobbio Missal since 1924
- Examines the Merovingian liturgy and reveals the richness of early medieval religious culture
- An important insight into the development of Latin palaeography
Reviews & endorsements
"the combined effect of the first-rate scholarship assembled here puts the study of this unique and intriguing manuscript on an entirely new footing." - Journal of English and Germanic Philolgy Frederick S> Paxton, Connecticut College
"This volume is admirable, indeed, exemplary" - Daniel Sheerin, University of Notre Dame
"The book revises the paleographical and codicological analyses in E.A. Lowe's 1924 edition of this missal, extending Lowe's historical evaluation to discuss the notions of literacy, liturgical evolution, and clerical reform, as well as offering a viw of eighth century Southern Gaul within the broader European social environment. The Bobbio Missal thus provides an excellent introduction to the study of Merovingian liturgical manuscripts for students and specialists alike." - Laura Marchiori, University of Toronto
Product details
- Published: April 2004
- Format: Hardback
- ISBN: 9780521823937
- Length: 246 pages
- Dimensions: 254 × 181 × 20 mm
- Weight: 0.725kg
- Availability: Available
Table of Contents
- 1. Introduction: The Bobbio Missal - from Mabillon onwards Yitzhak Hen
- 2. The script of the Bobbio Missal Rosamond McKitterick
- 3. The palimpsest leaves in the Bobbio Missal David Ganz
- 4. Reading and writing the Bobbio Missal: punctuation, word separation and animated initials Marco Mostert
- 5. Liturgical Latin in the Bobbio Missal Els Rose
- 6. Additions to the Bobbio Missal: De dies malus and 'Joca monachorum' Charles D. Wright and Roger Wright
- 7. The Liturgy of the Bobbio Missal Yitzhak Hen
- 8. Reforming the clergy: a context for the use of the Bobbio penitential Rob Meens
- 9. Doctrinal and theological themes in the prayers of the Bobbio Missal Louise P. M. Batstone
- 10. The Missa pro principe in the Bobbio Missal Mary Garrison
- 11. Liturgy in the Rhône Valley and the Bobbio Missal Ian N. Wood
- 12. Conclusion Yitzhak Hen and Rob Meens
- Manuscript index
- General index.
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