Book contents
- Music and Liturgy in Medieval Britain and Ireland
- Music and Liturgy in Medieval Britain and Ireland
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Music Examples
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Part I
- Part II
- Part III
- 10 Case Studies II: Textual Witnesses to Insular–Continental Networks
- 11 Nation, Identity, and the Liturgical Cult of St Katherine of Alexandria in Twelfth-Century England
- 12 The Dominicans and Their Identity in Medieval Britain and Ireland
- 13 Liturgy and Devotion in Insular Witnesses to the Cult of the Three Kings of Cologne
- 14 Epilogue
- List of Manuscripts
- Bibliography
- Index
13 - Liturgy and Devotion in Insular Witnesses to the Cult of the Three Kings of Cologne
from Part III
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 23 December 2021
- Music and Liturgy in Medieval Britain and Ireland
- Music and Liturgy in Medieval Britain and Ireland
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Music Examples
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Part I
- Part II
- Part III
- 10 Case Studies II: Textual Witnesses to Insular–Continental Networks
- 11 Nation, Identity, and the Liturgical Cult of St Katherine of Alexandria in Twelfth-Century England
- 12 The Dominicans and Their Identity in Medieval Britain and Ireland
- 13 Liturgy and Devotion in Insular Witnesses to the Cult of the Three Kings of Cologne
- 14 Epilogue
- List of Manuscripts
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
The relics of the Magi who had visited the infant Jesus were enshrined at the cathedral at Cologne in the twelfth century, where they became an important focus of pilgrimage. The cult was widespread and diverse in form, and was especially focused on the season of Epiphany; devotional practices included formal liturgical rites, representative drama, and the invocation of the Magi in medical remedies. This chapter considers the relationship between such categories as devotional and liturgical in relation to examples of the cult in Insular sources. In particular, the presence of a votive Mass for Travellers of the Three Kings of Cologne, as found in a fifteenth-century manuscript belonging to priest Henry Wells, presents an opportunity to consider individuals for whom the cult held particular significance.
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- Music and Liturgy in Medieval Britain and Ireland , pp. 292 - 312Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022