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I libri di Bessarione
Studi sui manoscritti del Cardinale a Venezia e in Europa
Thirty years after the conclusion of the cataloguing of the manuscripts kept in the Marciana Library (Venice) due to the the progresses of palaeographic codicological and intellectual studies on Byzantium and Italy in the fifteenth century it is possible to reconsider Bessarion’s library its formation its history its organization and also the activity of the Cardinal (and his collaborators) as a copyist and annotator of manuscripts.
La Bibbia a Montecassino / The Bible at Montecassino
For manuscript historians the Bible in the form of a codex represents a handcrafted object of the utmost importance: it was the sacred text par excellence and served as a vital reference point in the lives of medieval monks. In addition it functioned as an indispensable tool for daily liturgical celebration and as a study text and individual reading book for the purpose of moral edification. The manuscript collection of the Montecassino Abbey presents an exemplary case study both for the total number of biblical manuscripts it preserves (just under a hundred) and for the diversity of types (complete ‘monolithic’ Bibles Old and/ or New Testament sequences of varying size and physiognomy and individual glossed books with commentary beside the text) as well as for the presence of a significant group of codices in Beneventan minuscule produced for internal use within the same Abbey or in its dependencies in a period centered around the eleventh century (with sporadic extensions into the twelfth and thirteenth). The present catalogue aims to deepen our current knowledge of the presence transmission and reception of the Bible in one of the most important and emblematic medieval Benedictine monasteries.
Décrire le manuscrit liturgique
Méthodes, problématiques, perspectives
Objet complexe en raison de sa nature à la fois normative et ‘documentaire’ le livre liturgique offre une diversité de formes qui rend parfois son classement malaisé. Les différents livres destinés au culte sont à considérer non seulement en fonction des textes qu’ils contiennent mais aussi quant à la manière dont les textes sont organisés voire présentés aux aspects codicologiques et surtout aux raisons pour lesquelles ils ont été copiés à savoir les circonstances liturgiques le lieu et / ou le destinataire ultime. Malgré cette approche analytique déjà expérimentée il faut constater une difficulté considérable de la part des chercheurs et conservateurs de bibliothèques à comprendre les manuscrits liturgiques et à en donner une description efficace. Ces aspects ont fait l’objet de deux journées d’étude qui se sont tenues à Paris l’une en 2014 (« Aspiciens a longe. Sources et transmission des livres liturgiques. Répertoires éditions et catalogues ») et l’autre en 2019 (« La description du manuscrit liturgique. Hommage à Victor Leroquais » destinataire de la dotation Hermans). Le présent volume regroupe une grande partie des communications qui offrent des approches différentes et s’avèrent être d’une importance fondamentale pour la compréhension de ce type de sources.
The Angela Burdett-Coutts Collection of Greek Manuscripts
Baroness Angela Burdett-Coutts (1814-1906) descendant of a wealthy and well-known family of bankers inherited quite young through a series of unpredictable circumstances the enormous fortune of Thomas Coutts her maternal grand-father. She spent most of her long life in London where she occupied a prominent position in society becoming well-known not only for her splendid life-style and her important literary and political acquaintances as for instance Charles Dickens and Admiral Nelson but also for her active role as a philanthropist. This book explores a little-known side of her life; although she did not know Greek she became the owner of ca. 100 Greek manuscripts mostly theological datable between the tenth and the sixteenth century a part of which she donated to Highgate School. The manuscripts with all the Baroness's possessions were dispersed at auction in 1921 and in 1987 and are now mainly divided between American and European University Libraries. This book has identified for the first time the Baroness's Greek manuscripts located and described them in detail with special attention to their script style and their origin adding to their description one or two plates of each codex.
Hope Allen’s Writings Ascribed to Richard Rolle: A Corrected List of Copies
Richard Rolle was perhaps the most influential English spiritual writer of the late Middle Ages. This volume provides references to the more than 600 surviving medieval books that offer the primary evidence for his works and their transmission.
Hope Allen's Writings Ascribed to Richard Rolle now nearly a century old is a foundational work of English palaeography. This volume extends Allen's most basic contribution her catalogue of manuscripts conveying Rolle's works.
The Secular Liturgical Office in Late Medieval England
Until recently research on the late medieval English Office liturgy has suggested that all manuscripts of the same liturgical Use including those of the celebrated and widespread Uses of Sarum and York are in large part interchangeable and uniform. This study demonstrates through detailed analyses of the manuscript breviaries and antiphonals of each secular liturgical Use of medieval England that such books do share a common textual core. But this is in large part restricted to a single genre of text - the responsory. Other features even within manuscripts of the same Use are subject to striking and significant variation influenced by local customs and hagiographical and textual priorities and also by varying reception to liturgical prescriptions from ecclesiastical authorities. The identification of the characteristic features of each Use and the differentiation of regional patterns have resulted from treating each manuscript as a unique witness a practice which is not common in liturgical studies but one which gives the manuscripts greater value as historical sources. The term ‘Use’ often employed as a descriptor of orthodoxy may itself imply a greater uniformity than ever existed for the ways that the ‘Use of Sarum’ a liturgical pattern originally designed for enactment in a single cathedral was realised in countless other venues for worship were dependent on the times places and contexts in which the rites were celebrated.
The Library of the Abbey of La Trappe
A Study of its History from the Twelfth Century to the French Revolution, with an Annotated Edition of the 1752 Catalogue
This volume presents a study of the library of the Cistercian abbey of La Trappe in Normandy from the twelfth century to the French Revolution together with an annotated edition of the library catalogue of 1752. The abbey was founded as a Savigniac house became Cistercian in 1147 and is inseparably linked with the name of Armand-Jean de Rancé the great monastic reformer and founder of the Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance. When he became abbot of La Trappe in 1664 he brought with him many of his own books and had a new library built to house the monastic collection. Rancé died in 1700. Other books were then added over time until in 1752 the abbey possessed about 4300 volumes. The detailed catalogue is divided into two parts. The first part lists the books by subject beginning as might be expected with bibles; the second part lists the same books by author. The information presented in this study of the abbey and its library is of first importance not only for understanding the nature and development of Cistercian intellectual and spiritual life but also for the history of early modern libraries and the development of library cataloguing.
La biblioteca di Pietro Crinito
Manoscritti e libri a stampa della raccolta libraria di un umanista fiorentino
Il presente studio si colloca all’interno di un complesso di ricerche che negli ultimi quaranta anni hanno affrontato la cultura grafica e la complessiva eredità culturale diumanisti della cerchia laurenziana quali Angelo Poliziano Marsilio Ficino Bartolomeo Fonzio (libri appartenenti alla loro biblioteca talora autografi oppure realizzati da copisti di fiducia ma anche materiali di lavoro della più varia natura quali appunti schedature commenti inediti traditi da fascicoli autografi talora oggetto di plurime successive sistemazioni in forma di volume). Il lavoro ha per oggetto la ricostruzione della biblioteca di Pietro Crinito (1474-1507) lo studio della sua cultura grafica e un catalogo dettagliato di tutti i libri che gli appartennero. In assenza di inventari e disposizioni testamentarie la raccolta libraria del Crinito è stata ricostruita attraverso un sistematico spoglio della bibliografia di riferimento ma anche attraverso controlli diretti dei singoli fondi delle principali biblioteche in cui sono giunti materiali dell’umanista fiorentino. La ricerca ha portato al reperimento di 34 volumi di proprietà del Crinito per un totale di 64 unità codicologiche.Particolare attenzione è stata dedicata ai manoscritti autografi del Crinito che pur distribuiti in un arco di anni ridotto dal 1486 al 1500 permettono di delineare un quadro dell’evoluzione delle sue abitudini grafiche dagli anni della formazione scolastica all’età matura. La ricerca individua l’evoluzione della scrittura e riconosce a partire dal 1495 una svolta nelle scelte grafiche del Crinito che solo da questo momento solo dopo lo studio degli autografi di Poliziano adotta un modello di corsiva all’antica decisamente caratterizzato da forme di lettera e di legature di tradizione antiquaria.Michaelangiola Marchiaro è Dottore di ricerca in Storia della Tradizione dei Testi nel Medioevo e nel Rinascimento. I suoi interessi di ricerca si rivolgono alla paleografia latina alla codicologia e alla catalogazione del manoscritto medievale. Lavora attualmente presso l’Archivio Capitolare di Pistoia. È membro dell’Associazione Manoscritti Datati d’Italia (AIMD) della Association Paléographique Internationale Culture Écriture Société (APICES) e dell’Associazione Archivistica Ecclesiastica (AAE).
Greek and Slavic manuscripts with biblical content. Annotations toward the construction of new catalogues
The world of Byzantine manuscripts is fascinating but also confusing. Although they play an important part in modern studies on the history of Christian liturgy and on the textual history of the Bible a clear overview of the vast amount of these manuscripts in their many different forms is lacking. A new approach in their cataloguing is called for. The present volume brings together a number of specialists in the field of Byzantine liturgical and Biblical studies with the aim to develop a new methodology for codicological research of the Byzantine manuscripts taking seriously the original environment of the integral codices in the monasteries and the churches in which they were manufactured and functioned.
Prof. dr. Klaas Spronk is Head of the Research Department Sources of the Protestant Theological University (PThU) location Amsterdam and chairman of the CBM Academic Board.
Prof. dr. Gerard Rouwhorst is Professor of Liturgical History at the Tilburg School of Catholic Theology and member of the Department of Biblical Sciences and Church History of that institution. He is member of the CBM Academic Board.
Dr. Stefan Royé is member of the Research Department Sources of the Protestant Theological University (PThU) location Amsterdam and CBM programme coordinator and secretary of the Academic Board.
The paschal spiral and different types of Byzantine and Slavonic lectionaries
This paper analyzes the lectionary system of Byzantine and Slavonic manuscripts of the Gospel. In the past the homogeneity of Byzantine lectionaries has been underlined. It is suggested that different types and classes of lectionaries have to be distinguished. Apparently these types go back to the time the Byzantine lectionary system was formed. The author suggests using an image of a spiral (the paschal spiral) and gives an explanation of some irregularities of additional readings in manuscripts. The detailed analysis of different types of lectionaries (Alpha Beta Kappa and Lambda) is given. The study opens the possibility for a better classification of Byzantine lectionaries.
The study of Mount Athos manuscripts: problems and suggestions
This article is an effort to provide today’s scholars with a better sense of context as they undertake research related to Athonite manuscripts. It works out the following questions: how many manuscripts exist on Mount Athos and how can we know; what is the current state of cataloging of Athonite manuscripts; how should we use the numbers previously given to Athonite manuscripts; and how can our methods of cataloging these manuscripts better address the real state of affairs as well as the evolving needs of contemporary scholarship.
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The world of Byzantine manuscripts is fascinating but also confusing. Although they play an important part in modern studies on the history of Christian liturgy and on the textual history of the Bible a clear overview of the vast amount of these manuscripts in their many different forms is lacking. A new approach in their cataloguing is called for. The present volume brings together a number of specialists in the field of Byzantine liturgical and Biblical studies with the aim to develop a new methodology for codicological research of the Byzantine manuscripts taking seriously the original environment of the integral codices in the monasteries and the churches in which they were manufactured and functioned.
Prof. dr. Klaas Spronk is Head of the Research Department Sources of the Protestant Theological University (PThU) location Amsterdam and chairman of the CBM Academic Board.
Prof. dr. Gerard Rouwhorst is Professor of Liturgical History at the Tilburg School of Catholic Theology and member of the Department of Biblical Sciences and Church History of that institution. He is member of the CBM Academic Board.
Dr. Stefan Royé is member of the Research Department Sources of the Protestant Theological University (PThU) location Amsterdam and CBM programme coordinator and secretary of the Academic Board.
Preamble. The leading principles, aim and methodology of the Catalogue of Byzantine Manuscripts Programme
The CBM programme aims at developing a new methodology for cataloguing and investigating Byzantine manuscripts. This methodology will be based on relating the manuscripts to their original environment that is the liturgical context and practice of the monasteries and churches in which they were manufactured and used. The methodology to be developed by the CBM programms has two foci: a) the integral codex including its full contents composition structure and apparatus and: b) the function of the codex especially its originally liturgical function. Starting from these two foci ten leading principles have been developed. Further the main aim of the CBM and in particular of the new Catalogue of Byzantine manuscripts to be published is to provide a portal to the worldwide collection of Byzantine manuscripts. The final part of this preamble indicates what editing principles will be followed to realize this purpose.
On Jerusalem Vestiges of the Byzantine Gospel Lectionary
The world of Byzantine manuscripts is fascinating but also confusing. Although they play an important part in modern studies on the history of Christian liturgy and on the textual history of the Bible a clear overview of the vast amount of these manuscripts in their many different forms is lacking. A new approach in their cataloguing is called for. The present volume brings together a number of specialists in the field of Byzantine liturgical and Biblical studies with the aim to develop a new methodology for codicological research of the Byzantine manuscripts taking seriously the original environment of the integral codices in the monasteries and the churches in which they were manufactured and functioned.
Prof. dr. Klaas Spronk is Head of the Research Department Sources of the Protestant Theological University (PThU) location Amsterdam and chairman of the CBM Academic Board.
Prof. dr. Gerard Rouwhorst is Professor of Liturgical History at the Tilburg School of Catholic Theology and member of the Department of Biblical Sciences and Church History of that institution. He is member of the CBM Academic Board.
Dr. Stefan Royé is member of the Research Department Sources of the Protestant Theological University (PThU) location Amsterdam and CBM programme coordinator and secretary of the Academic Board.
The place of the Typikon in the codico-liturgical method
The world of Byzantine manuscripts is fascinating but also confusing. Although they play an important part in modern studies on the history of Christian liturgy and on the textual history of the Bible a clear overview of the vast amount of these manuscripts in their many different forms is lacking. A new approach in their cataloguing is called for. The present volume brings together a number of specialists in the field of Byzantine liturgical and Biblical studies with the aim to develop a new methodology for codicological research of the Byzantine manuscripts taking seriously the original environment of the integral codices in the monasteries and the churches in which they were manufactured and functioned.
Prof. dr. Klaas Spronk is Head of the Research Department Sources of the Protestant Theological University (PThU) location Amsterdam and chairman of the CBM Academic Board.
Prof. dr. Gerard Rouwhorst is Professor of Liturgical History at the Tilburg School of Catholic Theology and member of the Department of Biblical Sciences and Church History of that institution. He is member of the CBM Academic Board.
Dr. Stefan Royé is member of the Research Department Sources of the Protestant Theological University (PThU) location Amsterdam and CBM programme coordinator and secretary of the Academic Board.
The coenobitic Τυπικόν and principles of liturgical codex composition. The liturgical context of the collection of Byzantine manuscripts of Mone Karakallou
The world of Byzantine manuscripts is fascinating but also confusing. Although they play an important part in modern studies on the history of Christian liturgy and on the textual history of the Bible a clear overview of the vast amount of these manuscripts in their many different forms is lacking. A new approach in their cataloguing is called for. The present volume brings together a number of specialists in the field of Byzantine liturgical and Biblical studies with the aim to develop a new methodology for codicological research of the Byzantine manuscripts taking seriously the original environment of the integral codices in the monasteries and the churches in which they were manufactured and functioned.
Prof. dr. Klaas Spronk is Head of the Research Department Sources of the Protestant Theological University (PThU) location Amsterdam and chairman of the CBM Academic Board.
Prof. dr. Gerard Rouwhorst is Professor of Liturgical History at the Tilburg School of Catholic Theology and member of the Department of Biblical Sciences and Church History of that institution. He is member of the CBM Academic Board.
Dr. Stefan Royé is member of the Research Department Sources of the Protestant Theological University (PThU) location Amsterdam and CBM programme coordinator and secretary of the Academic Board.
The liturgical reading of the Bible in Early Eastern Christianity. The protohistory of the Byzantine lectionary
This paper examines and assesses the relevant external (literary) evidence concerning the liturgical reading of the Bible prior to the eighth century the period of which date the oldest Byzantine lectionaries and biblical manuscripts that contain liturgical information. In the first part the much-debated question of the origins and the early development of the liturgical reading of the Bible in the first three centuries CE is discussed. It turns out that this reading exhibited a very flexible and variegated character. In the second part a picture is sketched of the different systems of liturgical reading of the Bible that developed in the fourth and fifth centuries in the Greek-speaking regions in which Greek biblical manuscripts were produced more in particular in Antioch (with a short foray into the regions east of that city which were for a major part Syriac-speaking) Jerusalem Egypt and Constantinople. It is pointed out that considerable differences existed between the various regions especially with regard to the Old Testament or the role played by the continuous reading of the Bible. In many cases it will be possible to formulate plausible hypotheses on the basis of the evidence available about the liturgical setting in which certain Greek biblical manuscripts that date of the fourth and fifth centuries and do not contain paratextual liturgical information have been used. This presupposes however that one possesses reliable information about the provenance of the manuscript concerned.
The Byzantine Manuscripts in the Central State Archive of Albania (Tirana)
For historical reasons the Byzantine codices contained in the Central State Archive of Albania are little known to the general public. Only a few scholars have shown interest in these codices and then mainly in those pertaining to the Scriptural corpora. The sole catalogue of these codices is the one that has been compiled on the basis of descriptions made by Theofan Popa. Although this has several limitations and is in many respects outdated it remains for the present a good point of departure for the study of these codices. Since this catalogue - as well as a catalogue of the Scriptural manuscripts edited by R. Mullan - are only available in Albanian here there is a brief presentation of the entire Archive Codex Fund 488 based both upon catalogues and a personal examination of a few homiletic codices.
The study of the historical-liturgical context of the Bible: A bridge between ‘East’ and ‘West’?
This article offers a discussion of the hermeneutic and textual implications of the CBM project in the context of East and West dialogue. In the ‘Western’ scholarly world of exegesis there is a great reluctance of the ‘Eastern’ handling of the Bible as a book of faith with an authoritative role in the Christian church. Especially when it comes to the evaluation of the patristic literature or to the role of historical-critical methods in biblical studies there still is a big gap between the East and the West. The CBM project can function as a bridge. The project shows that it is important to take the manuscripts seriously as liturgical texts that is as parts of lectionaries or as combined with homilies. This new approach studying the complete codex and not merely a selection of texts removed from the codex raises the question about the influence of a liturgical factor in the codex formation: how far does this liturgical function reach back in time? And can we also learn something from it in finding the right approach of Biblical texts themselves? It may be useful to pay more attention to the fact that already in a very early stage of their transmission many biblical texts functioned within a liturgical framework. Texts like Nehemiah 8 1-8 support this view.
A Catalogue of Byzantine Manuscripts in their Liturgical Context: Challenges and Perspectives
Collected Papers resulting from the expert meeting of the Catalogue of Byzantine Manuscripts programme held at the PThU in Kampen, the Netherlands on 6th-7th November 2009.
The world of Byzantine manuscripts is fascinating but also confusing. Although they play an important part in modern studies on the history of Christian liturgy and on the textual history of the Bible a clear overview of the vast amount of these manuscripts in their many different forms is lacking. A new approach in their cataloguing is called for. The present volume brings together a number of specialists in the field of Byzantine liturgical and Biblical studies with the aim to develop a new methodology for codicological research of the Byzantine manuscripts taking seriously the original environment of the integral codices in the monasteries and the churches in which they were manufactured and functioned.
Prof. dr. Klaas Spronk is Head of the Research Department Sources of the Protestant Theological University (PThU) location Amsterdam and chairman of the CBM Academic Board.
Prof. dr. Gerard Rouwhorst is Professor of Liturgical History at the Tilburg School of Catholic Theology and member of the Department of Biblical Sciences and Church History of that institution. He is member of the CBM Academic Board.
Dr. Stefan Royé is member of the Research Department Sources of the Protestant Theological University (PThU) location Amsterdam and CBM programme coordinator and secretary of the Academic Board.