Dear Stefan,
Thanks for your e-mail .. I wasn't aware of a problem with the link.
Try just http://www.cushnieent.force9.co.uk and click on the "History" link
in the menu to the left of the page. Please let me know if there is still a
problem. The site also has information about the Book of Deer, one if not
THE greatest treasures of writing to have come from ancient Pictland of Alba
... sadly, now languishing in Cambridge ... yes, I am a Scot !!! Perhaps, in
time, now we have the Stone of Scone back, we might look forward to the
return of the Book of Deer. It contains the earliest written Scots Gaelic
known to exist ... and it is in the land of the "sasannach" ... sigh!!
The book I spoke of is:
"Liturgy and Ritual of the Celtic Church"; F.E Warren. Second Edition by
Jane Stevenson as vol.9 in the series, "Studies in Celtic History". The
Boydell Press, 1987. ISBN 0 85115 473 5
The chapters in the Introduction added by Jane Stevenson are:
1) Western Liturgies - the Mass; the Divine Office; Rites of Initiation.
2) The British Isles and the Western World.
3) Monasticism in Celtic Lands.
4) Celtic Baptism and Ordination.
5) The Celtic Mass.
6) The Bible.
7) Prayers and Collects.
8) Hymns.
9) Material Survivals.
Warren's original work contained the following chapters:
i. Introduction.
ii. Celtic Ritual.
iii. Reliquiae Celticae Liturgicae {which is a good treatment of the primary
sources known at the time}.
Fr Ambrose is quite right that this book is hard to find {I have a copy in
front of me as I write ... tee hee, sorry guys!} but this later edition, I
think, may be more "obtainable". Amazon does list it! Perhaps a library loan
is the best idea as the good Father says ... what is the going penance rate
for photocopying I wonder?! Warren was, at the time of writing, a Fellow of
St John's College, Oxford, and was indeed, as Father Ambrose says, a
clergyman.
Frederick Edward Warren, F.S.A. (1842-1930) was an energetic and
Conscientious editor and gatherer of liturgical texts. His edition of the
Leofric Missal (Oxford, Bodleian Lib.), his book on the Irish missal at
Corpus Christi College, Oxford, and in particular his work on the liturgy
and ritual of the Celtic Church were all published when he was a young
fellow of St John's. As a young don he held a series of college offices -
Dean of Arts, Dean of Divinity, finally in 1877 Vice-President. In 1880 he
was Junior Proctor and looked set on an academic career. However, after
marrying in 1882 he moved to a succession of benefices of which his College
was patron - Frenchay, nr Bristol and Bardwell, Suffolk, from which he
retired in 1913. During his time at Bardwell he published the Antiphonary of
Bangor with the Henry Bradshaw Society (1893/5), and in 1913 a translation
of the Sarum Missal. He was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University
of St Andrews in 1913, and he was an honorary canon of Bury St. Edmunds.
Interestingly, his principal hobby, aside from his academic work, was
archery. I wonder in which direction he would direct his arrows if here were
alive today?!
Slàinte,
Paul
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