IMC 2022: Sessions

Session 804: The Medieval Parish Church and Its Books

Tuesday 5 July 2022, 16.30-18.00

Sponsor:	Books of the Medieval Parish Church (BOMPAC), University of Helsinki
Organiser:	Åslaug Ommundsen, Institutt for lingvistiske, litterære og estetiske studier, Universitetet i Bergen
Moderator/Chair:	Synnøve Myking, Institutt for lingvistiske, litterære og estetiske studier, Universitetet i Bergen
Paper 804-a	Missals for Parish Churches: The Case of the Late Medieval Diocese of Turku (Language: English) Jaakko Tahkokallio, National Library of Finland, Helsinki Index terms: Archives and Sources, Ecclesiastical History, Liturgy, Manuscripts and Palaeography
Paper 804-b	Under the Floorboards: Fragments from Parish Churches in Norway (Language: English) Åslaug Ommundsen, Institutt for lingvistiske, litterære og estetiske studier, Universitetet i Bergen Index terms: Archives and Sources, Ecclesiastical History, Liturgy, Manuscripts and Palaeography
Paper 804-c	Insight into the Use of London-Produced Liturgical Books in Medieval Sweden from 'Reverse Engineering' 16th-Century Manuscript Recycling (Language: English) Emilia Henderson, School of Historical Studies, University of Leicester Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Local History, Manuscripts and Palaeography
Abstract	The Nordic fragment collections offer a chance to study the everyday books of the parish church, albeit in bits and pieces. Where did the books come from, and what did the average collection of books in a Scandinavian parish church look like? And how can book fragments be connected to a particular church? The papers of this session deal with books that can be connected to specific churches or regions, the manner of their survival and recycling, and the methodological questions relevant for research into book fragments and their contexts.