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"...a magisterial contribution, a synthesis the scope of which would daunt many scholars....The Exultet in Southern Italy succeeds handsomely in providing a much broader and more satisfying understanding of that distinctive liturgical book and, as well, offers a wealth of description, analysis, summary, primary source material, and cross-reference that will facilitate its fuller integration into medieval studies."--The Medieval Review
"Kelly's wide-ranging study leaves few issues unexamined."--Notes
"The author treats each of these topics in a careful, scholarly way and presents a clear vision of the composite nature of the Exultet rolls of southern Italy...All of this, along with a twenty-eight page bibliography, make this work a master study, bringing together the areas of scholarship which the author proposed."--Church History
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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 studies have concentrated on the illustrations in these rolls, Kelly's book also looks at the particular place of the Exultet in changing ceremonial practices, provides background on the texts and music used in southern Italy, and inquires into the manufacture and purpose of the Exultets--why they were made, who owned them, and how they were used.
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"...a magisterial contribution, a synthesis the scope of which would daunt many scholars....The Exultet in Southern Italy succeeds handsomely in providing a much broader and more satisfying understanding of that distinctive liturgical book and, as well, offers a wealth of description, analysis, summary, primary source material, and cross-reference that will facilitate its fuller integration into medieval studies."--The Medieval Review
"Kelly's wide-ranging study leaves few issues unexamined."--Notes
"The author treats each of these topics in a careful, scholarly way and presents a clear vision of the composite nature of the Exultet rolls of southern Italy...All of this, along with a twenty-eight page bibliography, make this work a master study, bringing together the areas of scholarship which the author proposed."--Church History
Product Description
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 studies have concentrated on the illustrations in these rolls, Kelly's book also looks at the particular place of the Exultet in changing ceremonial practices, provides background on the texts and music used in southern Italy, and inquires into the manufacture and purpose of the Exultets--why they were made, who owned them, and how they were used.
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- The Garden of Delights: Reform and Renaissance for Women in the Twelfth Century (The Middle Ages Series) by Fiona J. Griffiths in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Shaping a Monastic Identity: Liturgy and History at the Imperial Abbey of Farfa, 1000-1125 by Susan Boynton on page 174, and Back Matter
- Literacy in Lombard Italy, c. 568-774 (Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought: Fourth Series) by Nicholas Everett on page 285
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