IMC 2014: Sessions
Session 1128: Returning to the Liturgical Texts
Wednesday 9 July 2014, 11.15-12.45
| Organiser: | John Romano, Department of History, Benedictine College, Kansas |
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| Moderator/Chair: | William T. Flynn, Institute for Medieval Studies, University of Leeds |
| Paper 1128-a | List-Type Mass Antiphoners and What They Reveal about the Chant Reforms of the Carolingian Era (Language: English) Index terms: Liturgy, Manuscripts and Palaeography, Music |
| Paper 1128-b | Design Matters: Material Transformations in Mass-Books in the 12th Century (Language: English) Index terms: Liturgy, Manuscripts and Palaeography, Religious Life |
| Paper 1128-c | The Travels of Rabban Sauma and Liturgical Tolerance in Late Medieval Europe (Language: English) Index terms: Liturgy, Mentalities, Religious Life |
| Abstract | This session focuses on three crucial moments in the development of Western liturgy and is intended to demonstrate how major trends in worship can only be understood by a closer study of contemporary texts. Carolingian list-type mass antiphoners will be investigated to determine what they might reveal about the priorities of the reform movement. The book design of 12th-century mass books will be re-examined to map out the transition from sacramentaries to missals. The travelogue of the 13th-century ambassador of the Mongols Rabban Sauma will be viewed in the context of liturgical commentary to show widespread tolerance of liturgical diversity. |