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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture Sherry, Thank you for the advice on the Psalter. Off the cuff, I remember seeing the Conception of the virgin, but not some of the other saints you mention. Etheldrede is present, but I do not recall seeing most of the others you mention. Tom At 09:57 AM 1/7/2002 -0600, you wrote: >medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture > >Dear Tom, > >I'm afraid this sounds to me like a pretty generic Sarum calendar, rather >than a rare one that might be easily localized. To be sure, though, you >might want to check its contents closely against the one in Procter and >Wordsworth's edition of the Sarum breviary or another standard source on >that use. (Pfaff's bibliography of liturgical mss identifies most of >these.) If your calendar gives a higher grading to Edward's feasts (or >anybody else's) than the standard Sarum books do, that might tell you >something about its provenance. > >Another question worth asking about a Sarum calendar is whether or not it >includes the feasts that were added during the fourteenth and fifteenth >centuries (as I recall the main 14th-c. ones were Conception of the Virgin >Mary on Dec. 8, Feast of Relics moved from Sept. 15 to the second week in >July, Hugh of Lincoln on Nov. 17, and [many decades later] Anne on July 26; >15th cent., David and Chad on March 1 and 2, John of Beverly in May and >again in the fall, Frideswide and Etheldrede in October; later still, >Visitation on July 2, Transfiguration and Holy Name in August, etc.) >Sometimes, too, a calendar turns out to be localizable because it includes >one or more of these feasts before it was generally authorized (or decreed) >for Sarum observance-- for example, a thirteenth-century calendar that >already includes Hugh, or a 14th century one with Frideswide. > >Sorry for the delay in responding to this question. The earlier suggestion >about Wormald and Benedictine calendars might still be pertinent if you >have reason to believe this is a monastic psalter, but otherwise I'd start >with the assumption that it's Sarum (and secular), and work from there. > >Sherry Reames (English Dept., Univ. of Wisconsin [who's working on a >catalog of the saints in surviving Sarum breviaries]) > >At 09:02 AM 1/4/02 -0500, you wrote: > >medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture > > > >Another question off the Psalter MS: > >How common was the cult of edward king & marytr in England? The calendar at > >the beginning of the MS has both his feast & the feast of his > >translation. It has the same for Richard of Chichester. The other saints > >tend to be pretty prominenty. Beckett's feast & translation appear in > >red; Dunstand & Cuthbert appear. So do Alphege & Edmund of > >Canterbury. Except for Cuthbert & Oswald, most of the English saints are > >southern. Would any of this, especially, Edward's prominence, establish a > >location narrower than Province of Canterbury? > >Tom Izbicki > > > >Thomas M. Izbicki > >Collection Development Coordinator > >Eisenhower Library > >Johns Hopkins University > >3400 N. Charles Street > >Baltimore, MD 21218 > >Telephone: 410-516-7173 > >Fax: 410-516-8399 > > > >********************************************************************** > >To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME > >to: [log in to unmask] > >To send a message to the list, address it to: > >[log in to unmask] > >To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion > >to: [log in to unmask] > >In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: > >[log in to unmask] > >For further information, visit our web site: > >http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html > > > >********************************************************************** >To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME >to: [log in to unmask] >To send a message to the list, address it to: >[log in to unmask] >To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion >to: [log in to unmask] >In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: >[log in to unmask] >For further information, visit our web site: >http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html Thomas M. Izbicki Collection Development Coordinator Eisenhower Library Johns Hopkins University 3400 N. Charles Street Baltimore, MD 21218 Telephone: 410-516-7173 Fax: 410-516-8399 ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html