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Author Kelly, Thomas Forrest.

Title The exultet in Southern Italy / Thomas Forrest Kelly
Published New York : Oxford University Press, 1996

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 352 pages) : illustrations
Series OUP E-Books
Contents 1 Introduction; 2 The Rotulus; 3 The Texts; 4 The Music; 5 The Pictures; Plates; 6 The Liturgy; 7 Making and Using Exultet Rolls; 8 Conclusion: The Purpose of Making Exultet Rolls; Appendix 1: The Sources; Appendix 2: Editions of the South Italian Exultet; Appendix 3: Texts Related to the South Italian Exultet; Bibliography; Index of Manuscripts; General Index
Summary The Exultet rolls of southern Italy are parchment scrolls containing text and music for the blessing of the great Easter candle; they contain magnificent illustrations, often turned upside down with respect to the text, The Exultet in Southern Italy provides a broad perspective on this phenomenon that has long attracted the interest of those interested in medieval art, liturgy, and music. This book considers these documents in the cultural and liturgical context in which they were made, and provides a perspective on all aspects of this particularly southern Italian practice. While previous stu
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-340) and indexes
Notes English
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Subject Catholic Church -- Italy, Southern -- Liturgy -- History
Catholic Church -- Liturgy -- History.
SUBJECT Catholic Church fast
Subject Exultets (Liturgy) -- History
Exultet rolls -- Italy, Southern -- History
RELIGION -- Institutions & Organizations.
RELIGION -- Christian Rituals & Practice -- Worship & Liturgy.
Exultet rolls
Exultets (Liturgy)
Liturgics
Exsultet jam angelica turba caelorum.
Liturgische boeken.
Boekrollen.
SUBJECT Italy, Southern -- Church history
Subject Southern Italy
Genre/Form Church history
History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 95010960
ISBN 9780195357356
0195357353
9786610533602
6610533601
1280533609
9781280533600