The Ordinal of the Abbey of the Holy Trinity Fecamp (Fecamp, Musee de la Benedictine, MS 186) (Two Volume Set. Vol. I: Temporale. Vol. II: Sanctorale, Commune Sanctorum, and Miscellanea) (Henry Bradshaw Society for the Editing of Rare Liturgical Texts. Vols. CXI & CXII)

Chadd, David (Editor)

ISBN 10: 1870252136 / ISBN 13: 9781870252133

Published by The Boydell Press, Woodbridge, Suffolk & Rochester, NY, 1999

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8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. [xii + 378pp] + [viii + 508pp]. Handsome black hardcovers with gilt-stamped armorial seals. Square and sharp bindings. Bright, unmarked pages. One black and white plate. Introductory texts and notes in English. Primary text in Latin. Ex-libris Roger Reynolds. Extra postage required for international orders.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Ordinal of the Abbey of the Holy Trinity Fecamp (Fecamp, Musee de la Benedictine, MS 186) (Two Volume Set. Vol. I: Temporale. Vol. II: Sanctorale, Commune Sanctorum, and Miscellanea) (Henry Bradshaw Society for the Editing of Rare Liturgical Texts. Vols. CXI & CXII)
• Publisher: The Boydell Press, Woodbridge, Suffolk & Rochester, NY
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: Latin
• ISBN 10: 1870252136
• ISBN 13: 9781870252133
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Near Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Sacred Liturgy

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Synopsis

The abbey of Fécamp, reformed in the early years of the eleventh century by William of Volpiano, abbot of St-Bénigne at Dijon, was a key institution in the development of Norman monasticism in the middle ages. As one of the most energetic monastic reformers of his time, William was noted for the attention he paid to the liturgy of the many abbeys he superintended, and his liturgical cursus was influential in English and continental monastic houses. The Fécamp Ordinal, edited here from a manuscript of the early thirteenth century, but transmitting the liturgy observed in the abbey some two centuries earlier, is the first complete source of William's liturgical work to be printed. It is expanded by readings from complementary Fécamp service books, creating a text which gives a particularly detailed view of medieval monastic liturgy. This first volume contains the Temporal; the remainder of the Ordinal, together with comprehensive indexes, will form the second volume.DAVID CHADDteaches in the School of Music at the University of East Anglia.

About the Author

DAVID CHADD teaches in the School of Music at the University of East Anglia.