A History of Liturgical Books

by Palazzo, Eric

• ISBN13: 9780814661673
• ISBN10: 081466167X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-06-01
• Publisher: Pueblo Books

Summary

This title is an introduction to Western liturgical resources and a synthesis of their history for more than a millennium. It provides a historical summary, examines the relationship between medieval history and liturgy, suggests new methods of research, and underscores the fruitfulness of an interdisciplinary approach.

Table of Contents

List of Bibliographical Abbreviations	xiii	(4)
Preface	Xvii	(2)
Pierrc-Marie Gy. O.P.
Preface to the English Language Edition	xix	(2)
Acknowledgments	xxi	(2)
The Liturgical Year: History and Definition	xxiii	(2)
Introduction	xxv
PART ONE: HISTORIOGRAPHY OF THE RESEARCH ON LITURGICAL BOOKS	1	(18)
1. THE SCIENCE OF THE LITURGY	3	(4)
1. Precursors (Seventeenth to Nineteenth Centuries)	3	(1)
2. Liturgical Renewal in the Twentieth Century	4	(1)
3. Liturgical Studies after Vatican II	5	(2)
II. STUDIES ON LITURGICAL BOOKS	7	(12)
1. Historic Review of the Research	7	(3)
2. Research on Latin Liturgical Books of the Middle Ages in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries	10	(9)
A Rapid Review of the Research on Different Books	12	(3)
Theoreticians and New Orientations of Research	15	(4)
PART TWO: THE BOOKS OF THE MASS	19	(92)
1. THE SACRAMENTARY THE BOOK OF THE CELEBRANT	21	(42)
1. Content of the Sacramentary	21	(6)
The Canon of the Mass	21	(2)
The Calendar	23	(1)
The Ordo Missae	24	(1)
Mass Formularies (Temporal, Sanctoral, Common of Saints, Votive Masses)	24	(2)
The "Ritual Ordines"	26	(1)
The Blessings	27	(1)
2. Ancient and Modern Names for the Sacramentary	27	(8)
References in Liturgical and Other Texts	28	(7)
3. History of the Sacramentaries of the High Middle Ages	35	(21)
The Sacramentaries before the Sacramentaries At the Dawn of Liturgical Books	36	(1)
The Liturgical Libelli	37	(1)
The Leonine Sacramentary	38	(1)
History of the Book	39	(1)
Nature of the Book	40	(1)
Origin and Date	40	(1)
Descendants of the Book	41	(1)
The Gelasian Sacramentaries	42	(1)
The Old Gelasian (after Vat. Regin.316)	42	(2)
History of the Book	44	(1)
Nature of the Book and Date of Composition	45	(1)
Content of the Book	45	(1)
Descendants and Historical Importance of the Book	45	(1)
The Eighth-Century Gelasian or Frankish Gelasian	46	(1)
History of the Book	46	(1)
Origin and Date of the Archetype	47	(1)
Nature and Content of the Book	48	(1)
The Gregorian Sacramentaries	48	(2)
History	50	(1)
Nature and Origin of the Book	51	(1)
The Gregorian of the Hadriamum Type	51	(3)
The Type 2 Gregorian (Paduense)	54	(1)
The Pre-Hadrianic Gregorian	54	(1)
Evolution of the Main Types of Sacramentaries between 850 and 1000: The Composite Sacramentaries	55	(1)
4. Illustration of Sacramentaries during the High Middle Ages	56	(7)
II THE BOOKS OF CHANT	63	(20)
1. History of Liturgical Chant in the High Middle Ages	63	(2)
2. The Chants of the Roman Mass	65	(4)
The Chants of the Proper	65	(1)
The Chants of the Ordinary	66	(1)
Enrichment of the Chant at Mass	67	(1)
Liturgical and Codicological Preliminaries	68	(1)
3. The Antiphonal of the Mass or Gradual	69	(4)
History	70	(1)
Nature and Content of the Book	70	(1)
Origin, Date of Composition, and Evolution	71	(1)
Historical Importance of the Antiphonal of the Mass	72	(1)
4. The Gradual Outside the Gradual (or Antiphonal of the Mass)	73	(1)
5. The Cantatorium	74	(1)
6. The Troper	75	(3)
7. Other Forms of Books	78	(1)
8. Illustration of the Chant Books of the High Middle Ages	79	(4)
III. THE BOOKS OF READINGS	83	(24)
1. History of the Liturgical Readings for the Mass	83	(3)
2. The Lists of Pericopes before the Books of Readings	86	(1)
3. The Early Forms of the Books of Readings	87	(2)
4. The Lists of Pericopes or Capitularies	89	(2)
5. The Book of Gospels with the Capitulare Evangeliorum; the Evangeliary	91	(6)
Content of the Capitularies and Evangeliaries	94	(3)
6. The Capitulare Lectionum and Epistolary	97	(2)
7. The Lectionaries	99	(2)
8. Illustration of the Books of Readings	101	(6)
IV. GENESIS AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE MISSAL	107	(4)
PART THREE: THE BOOKS OF THE OFFICE	111	(62)
1. HISTORY AND FUNCTION OF THE OFFICE IN THE WEST	113	(16)
1. Recalling Some Historical Facts	113	(6)
Origins of the Prayer of the Hours	113	(2)
Origins of the Office in the West (Fourth to Sixth Centuries)	115	(2)
The Roman Office in the Middle Ages (Sixth to Fifteenth Centuries)	117	(2)
2. Rites, Spirituality, and Structure of the Office	119	(10)
The Rites and Officiants	120	(2)
Structure and Spirituality of the Hours	122	(2)
Simplified Structure of the Content of the Hours of the Roman Monastic Office (Benedictine Form)	124	(1)
Definitions of the Principal Elements of the Office	125	(4)
II. CHANT AT THE OFFICE	129	(16)
1. The Psalter	129	(5)
The Manuscripts	130	(2)
Decoration of the Psalter	132	(2)
2. The Antiphonal of the Office	134	(7)
Content of the Antiphonal	135	(1)
The Manuscript Tradition	136	(3)
Historical Importance of the Antiphonal of the Office	139	(2)
3. The Hymnal	141	(4)
History, Forms, and Functions of Hymns	141	(1)
The Hymn Repertories	142	(1)
The Manuscript Tradition	143	(2)
III. PRAYER AT THE OFFICE: THE COLLECTAR	145	(4)
Nature and Content of the Book	145	(2)
The Manuscript Tradition	147	(2)
IV. READING AT THE OFFICE	149	(12)
1. The Biblical Readings and Their Books	149	(3)
2. The Patristic Readings and Their Books	152	(4)
3. The Hagiographic Readings and Their Books	156	(2)
4. The Lectionary of the Office	158	(3)
V. THE BOOKS OF THE OFFICE OF PRIME	161	(8)
1. The Office in Chapter after Prime	162	(2)
2. The Chapter Book	164	(1)
3. The Martyrology	165	(1)
4. The Necrology and Obituary	166	(3)
VI. GENESIS AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE BREVIARY	169	(4)
PART FOUR: THE BOOKS OF SACRAMENTS AND RITES	173	(64)
I. THE ORDINES ROMANI	175	(12)
1. History of the Ordines Romani	176	(1)
2. Nature of the Ordines Romani	177	(1)
3. The Ordines Romani in the Manuscripts	177	(2)
4. History and Content of the Collections of Ordines Romani and Other Ordines	179	(3)
5. The Roman Collection or Collection A	182	(1)
6. The Gallicanized Collection or Collection B	183	(1)
7. The Gallican Collections	184	(3)
II. THE RITUALS	187	(8)
1. Definition and Function of the Medieval Ritual	188	(1)
2. The Ritual in the Libelli: Forms and Functions	189	(2)
3. The Composite Rituals	191	(1)
4. The Medieval Designations of the Ritual	192	(3)
III. THE PONTIFICAL, THE BOOK OF THE BISHOP	195	(18)
1. The First Pontificals or "Primitive Pontificals"	195	(5)
The Gathering of Libelli of Episcopal Ordines	196	(4)
2. A Category by Itself: The Benedictionals	200	(1)
3. The Romano-Germanic Pontifical	201	(6)
Nature and Content of the RGP	201	(2)
The Manuscript Tradition	203	(1)
Origin, Date, and Historical Circumstances of the Creation of the RGP	204	(3)
4. The Roman and Non-Roman Pontificals	207	(2)
5. Illustration of the Pontifical	209	(4)
IV. THE CUSTOMARIES	213	(8)
1. History of the Medieval Customaries	214	(1)
2. Nature and Content of the Customaries	215	(3)
3. Historical and Liturgical Interest of the Customaries	218	(3)
V. THE ORDINARIES	221	(8)
1. History of the Ordinary and Attempt at Typology	222	(4)
2. Historical and Liturgical Interest of the Ordinaries	226	(3)
VI. THE PROCESSIONALS	229	(4)
Content and History of the Processional	229	(4)
VII. THE CEREMONIALS	233	(4)
Conclusion	237	(4)
Selected Bibliography	241	(4)
Index of Persons	245	(4)
Index of Places	249	(4)
Index of Liturgical Pieces	253	(2)
Index of Manuscripts	255