The Bobbio Missal: A Gallican Mass-Book (Ms. Paris. Lat. 13246) Vols LVIII & LXI (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781870252546)

The Bobbio Missal is one of the most important and interesting liturgical books surviving from the early middle ages. It is the best known example of the Gallican' type of missal, attesting therefore to the distinctive liturgicalpractices which were widespread in Merovingian and Frankish churches during the seventh and eighth centuries, before these began to tbe replaced by the Roman practices including use of Gregorian' missals in various forms duringthe period of Charlemagne's reforms. In the opinion of modern palaeographers, the Bobbio Missal was written somewhere in northern Italy in the mid-eighth century. Although it was long regarded as a witness to Irish liturgical practice, it is now considered as essentially Gallican, but incorporating various prayers of Gelasian origin. Palaeographically the manuscript (now Paris, Bibliotheque Nationale, lat. 13246) is of great interest, being written in anidiosyncratic mixture of uncial and minuscule, by an Italian scribe neither literate nor well-trained. HBS LVIII, HBSLXI

Author: E. a. Lowe, William Wilson
ISBN-10: 1870252543
ISBN-13: 9781870252546
Publisher: Henry Bradshaw Society
Language: English
Published: 03/12/2008
Pages: 384
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.08lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.86d