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Hilaria, Hylaria, Hilariacense monast., Wilchering, D., Oberösterr
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From: "cecilia gaposchkin" <[log in to unmask]>
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Subject: [M-R] two technical queries on things monastic and liturgical
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
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> Dear all,
>
> I'm hoping for some help from the collective learnedness of the list.
>
> First, I have a refrence to a 1632 Antiphonal which the Analecta Hymnica
> lists as "Antiph ms. Hilariense V. anni 1632"
>
> I presume "Hilariense" is a Benedictine (?) monastery somewhere. I cannot
> track it down given the resources available to me here (We don't have the
> 3vol. Orbis Latinus here). Anybody know where or what this is? Better
> yet, anybody ever use this antiphonal (OK, that might be too much to
> ask...)
>
> Second, and probably a "larger" question. I have two different vitae with
> are each divided into twelve chapters. My instinct tells me that this may
> suggest a monastic origin for the vitae, and suggest that the 12-fold
> division was intended for matins readings, but I'm wondering what the
> possibilites are. On the one hand, these would make very long readings
> indeed, and certainly within the context of breviairies, readings/lections
> are always very much shorter than these chapters. More problematic (for
> me), I'm having a tricky time understanding these as both of monastic
> origins for reasons that are too complicated to explain here.
>
> Can anyone think of any OTHER reason for the twelve-fold division? Is
> there a tradition of 12-fold vitae that I don't know about? Are there
> other reasons, ritual or otherwise, that one might think of? I somehow
> doubt that the 12-chapters are without meaning. I know, for instance,
> that Bonaventure's Legenda Maior was divided into 16 parts to be read in
> the refectory on the feast and then each day of the octave (where the L.
> minor was meant for the matins readings in the office). Though that
> obviously doesn't help in this case, I'd originally thought that one of
> these vitae was Franciscan.
>
> Any thoughts, help, or other insights will be very appreciated. I always
> learn so much from what people share.
>
> With many thanks
> Cecilia
>
>
>
>
> M.C.Gaposchkin, Ph.D.
> History, Dartmouth College
>
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