Walahfrid Strabo's Libellus de Exordiis Et Incrementis Quarundam in Observationibus Ecclesiasticis Rerum

A Translation and Liturgical Commentary
Erscheinungsjahr 1995
ISBN: 978-90-04-09669-1
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 19, 338 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 795 g

Reihe: Mittellateinische Studien und Texte

The Libellus of the Carolingian monk Walahfrid presents a first history of the Eucharistic liturgy, with special reference to topics such as fasting, frequency of communion, and arrangement of sections of the mass. Walahfrid also examines the origins of certain liturgical actions in baptism, traces the development of hymnography, and considers the etymology of various terms for church architecture. Walahfrid's unusually explicit citation of sources makes his work of particular value to the modern historian.
This translation is the first into modern English. The commentary establishes the place of the language and argument in the development of early writings on the liturgy, while also relating it to the wider context of non-liturgical writings from the Fathers to mid-ninth century. The author's detailed examinations of Walahfrid's sources—historical, legislative and literary—show the lines of transmission of texts and their availability in the Carolingian period.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Harting-Correa, Alice

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Kirchengeschichte Frühes Christentum, Patristik, Christliche Archäologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Praktische Theologie Liturgik, Christliche Anbetung, Sakramente, Rituale, Feiertage

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface and acknowledgements
Abbreviations
List of sources
Prefatory notes

Introduction
The Liturgy
Biography of Walahfrid
The Text
Dating of De exordiis
Sources of Walahfrid
Linguistic interests of Walahfrid
Conclusion

Table of Sources
Sigla
Text and translation
Commentary
Mass Plan
Bibliography
General Index

Über Autor(innen)

Alice Harting-Corrêa, Ph.D. (1991) St. Andrews has worked in Princeton, NJ and Germany and is currently working in St. Andrews, Scotland.