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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture There is also quite a lot of information (mostly written by Stig Froyshov) on various of the eastern orthodox book types and the genres within them in the Canterbury Dictionary of Hymnology www.hymnology.co.uk (subscription access). Apologies for the shameless plug... On 22 April 2014 06:54, John Dillon <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture > > The responses thus far have focused on Latin-rite Christianity. But your > query was not so narrowly put. Still within Christianity, the next most > important liturgical tradition in medieval Europe would be that of the > Byzantine rite. The following are standard, inexpensive guides: > Taft, Robert F., _The Byzantine Rite: A Short History_ (Collegeville, MN: > Liturgical Press, 1992). $14.95 > Wybrew, Hugh, _The Orthodox Liturgy: The Development of the Eucharistic > Liturgy in the Byzantine Rite (Crestwood, NY: St. Vladimir's Seminary > Press, 1990). $18.00 > > Taft's book, though broad in scope and quite helpful, is really brief (84 > pp.). Moreover, its choice of which name form to use for a given liturgical > book sometimes departs from what seems to be majority scholarly practice in > English (e.g. "euchology" rather than "euchologion"). Wybrew's book, on the > other hand, though more detailed concentrates on the eucharistic liturgy at > the expense of the liturgy of the hours. For the latter see: > Taft, Robert F., _The Liturgy of the Hours in East and West, 2d rev. ed. > (Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 1993). $49.95 > > For Judaism, see: > Elbogen, Ismar, _Jewish Liturgy: A Comprehensive History_, tr. Raymond > Scheindlin (Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society; NY: Jewish > Theological Seminary of America, 1993). Translated from a 1972 edition of a > work previously last revised in 1931. ca. $66.00 from Amazon. > Lehnardt, Peter Sh., "The Role of Targum Samuel in European Jewish > Liturgy", in Alberdina Houtman et al., eds., _A Jewish Targum in a > Christian World_ (Leiden and New York: Brill, 2014), pp. 32-62. Updates > Elbogen on medieval European liturgical books. The book this is in sells > for $162.00 but most of it, including this chapter, is available for now > via Google Books at: > > http://books.google.com/books/about/A_Jewish_Targum_in_a_Christian_World.html?id=DL0FAwAAQBAJ > > Best, > John Dillon > > > On 04/20/14, Meg Cormack wrote: > > > Greetins all, > > > > I wonder if anyone could suggest articles or books about liturgical > books for > > > > 1) students (such a work would probably contain an introduction to the > liturgy as well as to the books!) > > > > 2) scholars - what I am looking for here would be, among other things, > the different names that might be used for different liturgical books - > i.e. what contents went with what name. If there are any studies out there > of vernacular terminology for such books, I would especially like to know > about them! > > Happy Easter, > > > > Meg > > ********************************************************************** > To join the list, send the message: subscribe 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: unsubscribe 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/medieval-religion > ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: subscribe 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: unsubscribe 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/medieval-religion