Roman Liturgy and Frankish Creativity: The Early Medieval Manuscripts of the Ordines Romani

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Arthur Westwell (Universität Regensburg, Germany)

Roman Liturgy and Frankish Creativity

The Early Medieval Manuscripts of the Ordines Romani

Arthur Westwell (Universität Regensburg, Germany)

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English

Cambridge University Press
18 January 2024

Prints & printmaking; Illustration; Literary studies: classical, early & medieval; Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church

Series: Cambridge Studies in Palaeography and Codicology

This incisive, in-depth study unearths the significance of a neglected group of early medieval manuscripts, those which transmit the Ordines Romani. These texts present detailed scripts for Christian ceremonies that narrate the gestures, motions, actions and settings of ritual performance, with particular orientation to the Roman church. While they are usually understood as liturgical, and thus lacking any particular creative flair, Arthur Westwell here foregrounds their manuscript permutations in order to reveal their extraordinary dynamism. He reflects on how the Carolingian Church undertook to improve liturgical practice and understanding, questioning the accepted idea of a “reform” aimed at uniformity led by the monarch. Through these manuscripts, Westwell reveals a diversity of motivations in the recording of Roman liturgy and demonstrates the remarkable sophistication of Carolingian manuscript compilers.

By: Arthur Westwell (Universität Regensburg Germany)
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 155mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 618g
ISBN: 9781009360487
ISBN 10: 1009360485
Series: Cambridge Studies in Palaeography and Codicology
Pages: 300
Publication Date: 18 January 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Arthur Westwell is a research assistant in the Faculty for Catholic Theology at the Universität Regensburg. His individual research project, in which he investigates Carolingian liturgical manuscripts, is supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft. He has held fellowships at the Pontifical Institute for Medieaeval Studies in Toronto, funded by the Mellon Foundation, and at the Universität Trier, with the Humboldt Stiftung.