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Late Medieval English Liturgy: The Bangor Pontifical
Bangor University College of Arts and Humanities is offering a three-year Anniversary Bursary worth £7,000 per annum for a doctoral student to work on a project entitled 'The codification and dissemination of the liturgical Use of Salisbury and its chant repertory, with special reference to the Bangor Pontifical'. The early 14th-century Bangor Pontifical is the most complete pontifical surviving from the British Isles and one of only two extant medieval liturgical manuscripts with musical notation which are known to be of Welsh provenance. Its layout and contents concord closely with the widely-used late medieval Use of Salisbury adopted by stages in much of Wales from the mid 13th century onwards. This doctoral study will focus on the Bangor Pontifical, but will relate directly to two major research projects already in progress in Bangor: (1) the Bangor Pontifical Project, that will enable the digitization and web edition of the manuscript (http://www.bangor.ac.uk/archives/bangorpontifical) and (2) an AHRC/ESRC Religion and Society research project entitled ‘The experience of worship in late medieval cathedral and parish church’ (led by Professor John Harper with Dr Sally Harper).
The appointed student will examine the Bangor Pontifical in detail and also within the wider context of the Use of Salisbury. He or she will contribute to the digitization and web edition by transcribing all of the chant in the manuscript; investigating the sources and concordances of the liturgical items (chant and text), including melodic and textual variants; compiling existing translations of Latin texts found in the Pontifical, and identifying texts requiring translation. The student will also have the opportunity for hands-on experience of medieval liturgy through witnessing or assisting with (as appropriate) a series of liturgical enactments at Salisbury Cathedral and St Teilo’s Church in St Fagans: National History Museum, Cardiff, which form part of the related 'Experience of Worship' project.
The supervisory team will comprise Dr Sally Harper, Professor John Harper, Professor Nick Sandon and Dr Sue Niebrzydowski.
For further details and application form, see <http://www.bangor.ac.uk/scholarships/09pontifical.php.en>. Queries prior to formal application may be directed to Dr Sally Harper. The application deadline is noon on 30 April 2010.
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Dr J. P. E. Harper-Scott
Senior Lecturer
Department of Music
Royal Holloway, University of London
http://web.me.com/jpehs/
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