Views of Transition
Liturgy and Illumination in Medieval Spain
Rose Walker(Author)
The British Library Publishing Division
Published on 1. March 1998
Book
Hardback
264 pages
978-0-7123-4523-1 (ISBN)
Description
This study discusses how a society whose intellectual framework was founded on stasis and regression accommodated innovation. The Spanish church in the 11th century faced this problem when required to abandon the Mozarabic liturgy in favour of Roman texts. This text examines liturgical manuscripts contemporary with this change, and reveals how the new liturgy was introduced and received. The main subjects of this investigation are a group of liturgical manuscripts from the Silos corpus held in the British Library, and three missals from Spanish libraries, including the notable Missal of San Facundo. By analyzing the content, presentation and style of these manuscripts, the author of this study presents a survey of the textual and visual strategies employed in implementing liturgical change.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
British Library Publishing
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
68 b/w pls
Dimensions
Height: 246 mm
Width: 176 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-7123-4523-1 (9780712345231)
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