medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
If memory serves, there was some discussion of this phenomenon, though
obviously not of this specific instance, in one of the essays in _The Divine
Office in the Latin Middle Ages_, ed. Rebecca Baltzer and Margot Fassler.
Stan Metheny
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> Dear All,
>
> The current thread on antiphons emboldens me to pose a question that I
> have been pondering concerning melismas in two antiphons from the
> mandatum ceremony: these occur in one antiphon on the word 'caput', and
> in another on 'discipulorum'. My sense is that antiphon melismas are
> rare, and these are there for a specific reason (I have a theory about
> this..). I would love to know any ideas/ information list members might
> have about this, and also any leads to the history (which I believe was
> a long one) of the use of melismas at these points.
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Andrew Kirkman
>
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