Book contents
- Roman Liturgy and Frankish Creativity
- Cambridge Studies in Palaeography and Codicology
- Roman Liturgy and Frankish Creativity
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Compilation and Content of the Manuscripts
- Part II The Arrangement of Rites
- Part III Format and Script of the Manuscripts
- Chapter 8 Layout, Script and Language of the Ordo Romanus Manuscripts
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
Chapter 8 - Layout, Script and Language of the Ordo Romanus Manuscripts
from Part III - Format and Script of the Manuscripts
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 January 2024
- Roman Liturgy and Frankish Creativity
- Cambridge Studies in Palaeography and Codicology
- Roman Liturgy and Frankish Creativity
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Compilation and Content of the Manuscripts
- Part II The Arrangement of Rites
- Part III Format and Script of the Manuscripts
- Chapter 8 Layout, Script and Language of the Ordo Romanus Manuscripts
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
In this final chapter, the presentation of the ordo romanus manuscripts is discussed. Their use of innovative script forms and patterns of script use to highlight points of interest to their compilers is analysed. The characteristics of their physical format and layout are used to suggest potential uses and users. Finally, the employment of Latin in the texts is discussed, showing how certain scribes saw no problem recording the ordines in a form of Latin later characterised as ‘debased’. This questions the assumed notion of a wholesale reform of Latin and liturgical Latin in particular. The deployment of Greek in several ordines is also discussed, as a counterpart.
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- Roman Liturgy and Frankish CreativityThe Early Medieval Manuscripts of the Ordines Romani, pp. 207 - 235Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024