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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture From: Pecia <[log in to unmask]> > Dans un inventaire (début XVIIe s.) des livres liturgiques de l'église de Tréguier se trouve cette mention : "Deux grands graduels escriptz et nottés à la main, sur veslin, reliés en boys à l'usage de Chartres, cy devant practiqué en ceste eglise qui servoient au grand choeur ..." > Que sait-on de cette "usage de Chartres"? they way your source is punctuated, it looks like the term refers to a certain kind of binding using wooden boards, peculiar to Chartres. more likely, however, it refers to the origin of this gradual, which must show signs of antiphons used in the diocese of Chartres, does it not? but, i'm no liturgist and have no idea what those might look like or what distinctive features they might display. the "a la usage de XXX" term is quite common, i believe, especially when referring to the origin of Books of Hours, Psalters, Breviaries, Ordinals, Collectars, Customaries, etc. --any service book which would display characteristics distinctive to a particular diocese (or Order, etc.). just a guess. there were, apparently, quite a few Bretons in the Chartrain region in the 11th & 12th centuries, but i don't know enough about the later period to say if these connections persisted into that epoch. i see now that it is your *inventory* which dates from the early 17th century, not the two graduals. can you determine the date of the manuscripts themselves? they don't happen to survive, i suppose? manuscripts from Chartres have been much rarer since this happened to the city library in 1944 http://www.christophersbookroom.com/cc/mss/montescot44.jpg is it possible that St. Yves of Brittany was named after St. Ivo of Chartres? best from here, christopher ********************************************************************** 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