The benedictional was a bishop's book, containing the prayers which only a bishop (or archbishop) could pronounce when he said mass, characteristically a lavish production. Several have survived from Anglo-Saxon England and these have recently been attracting the attention of liturgists and palaeographers. One of the most important is the Canterbury Benedictional', now London, British Library, Harley 2892, written at Christ Church, Canterbury, around the middle of the eleventh century. The Canterbury Benedictional' provides a valuable record of liturgical observance at the seat of the English...
The benedictional was a bishop's book, containing the prayers which only a bishop (or archbishop) could pronounce when he said mass, characteristicall...
The MS book contains directions for the vesting of a bishop and the singing of pontifical High Mass (ff. 1-21), and a collection of episcopal blessings, mainly quadripartite (ff. 22-83). These latter include a series elsewhere given under the name of Archbishop John Peckham of Canterbury. While this manuscript is carelessly written, there are some variant readings here, and there are corrections in the hand of John Longelonde (1473-1547). The edition is of the entire manuscript and collates with the text edited (poorly) by Ralph Barnes (Liber Pontificalis of Edmund Lacy, W. Roberts, Exeter,...
The MS book contains directions for the vesting of a bishop and the singing of pontifical High Mass (ff. 1-21), and a collection of episcopal blessing...
The Order of St Gilbert was the only specifically English religious order founded in the Middle Ages. The edition gathers together fragments surviving in Lincoln, Cathedral Library MS 115 (A.5.5); Cambridge, St John's College, MS N. 1; Oxford, Bodleian Library, Digby 36 (SC 1678), f. 110v; Cambridge, Pembroke' College, MS 226. The first part is volume 59 of the present series.
The Order of St Gilbert was the only specifically English religious order founded in the Middle Ages. The edition gathers together fragments surviving...
The Order of St Gilbert was the only specifically English religious order founded in the Middle Ages. The edition gathers together fragments surviving in Lincoln, Cathedral Library MS 115 (A.5.5); Cambridge, St John's College, MS N. 1; Oxford, Bodleian Library, Digby 36 (SC 1678), f. 110v; Cambridge, Pembroke' College, MS 226. The second part is volume 60 of the present series.
The Order of St Gilbert was the only specifically English religious order founded in the Middle Ages. The edition gathers together fragments surviving...
Originally published in 1913, this book presents the Latin text of the 1439 Award of William Alnwick, Bishop of Lincoln from 1436 to 1449. A facing-page English translation is also provided. The text was created at the request of the Dean and Chapter of Lincoln. Detailed notes are incorporated throughout. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in William Alnwick and church history.
Originally published in 1913, this book presents the Latin text of the 1439 Award of William Alnwick, Bishop of Lincoln from 1436 to 1449. A facing-pa...
