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The Divine Office in Anglo-Saxon England, 597-c.1000

Title
The Divine Office in Anglo-Saxon England, 597-c.1000 / Jesse D. Billett.
Author
Billett, Jesse D.
Publication
London : Henry Bradshaw Society, 2014.

Details

Description
xxii, 463 pages : illustrations; 23 cm.
Series Statement
Henry Bradshaw Society Subsidia, 1352-1047 ; 7
Uniform Title
Subsidia (Henry Bradshaw Society) ; 7.
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 389-417) and indexes.
Contents
Part I. The historical development of the divine office in England to c. 1000 -- Towards a "new narrative" of the history of the divine office in Anglo-Saxon England -- The divine office in the Latin West in the early Middle Ages -- The divine office in England from the Augustinian mission to the first Viking invasions, 597-c.835 -- The divine office in England from the first Viking age to the abbacy of Dunstan at Glastonbury, c.835-c.940 -- The divine office and the tenth-century English Benedictine reform -- Part II. Manuscript evidence for English office chant in the tenth century -- A methodology for the study of Anglo-Saxon chant books for the office -- Two witnesses to the chant of the secular office in England in the tenth century : Durham, Cathedral Library, A. IV. 19 and Cambridge, Corpus Christi College 41 -- A fragment of a tenth-century English Benedictine "breviary" : London, British Library, Royal 17., C. XVII, fols. 2-3 and 163-6 -- A fragment of a tenth-century English Benedictine chant book : Oxford, Bodleian Library, Rawl. D. 894, fols. 62-3 -- Conclusion : ways of making a Benedictine office.
Call Number
JFD 14-5401
ISBN
  • 9781907497285
  • 1907497285
OCLC
869775451
Author
Billett, Jesse D.
Title
The Divine Office in Anglo-Saxon England, 597-c.1000 / Jesse D. Billett.
Imprint
London : Henry Bradshaw Society, 2014.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
Henry Bradshaw Society Subsidia, 1352-1047 ; 7
Subsidia (Henry Bradshaw Society) ; 7.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 389-417) and indexes.
Research Call Number
JFD 14-5401
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