On the Typology of Liturgical Books from the Western Middle Ages

Zur Typologie liturgischer Bücher des westlichen Mittelalters

edited by Harald Buchinger and Andrew Irving

Book cover: On the Typology of Liturgical Books from the Western Middle Ages

Extent: 669 pages

Publisher: Aschendorff Verlag

Subjects: Medieval Studies, Religious Studies

Series: Liturgiewissenschaftliche Quellen und Forschungen

Series volume number: 115

Language: English

Paperback (Published)

(March 2023)

ISBN: 9783402112922

Price: $111.00

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(March 2023)

ISBN: 9783402112939

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Liturgical books are not only the most important evidence for understanding patterns of worship in the Middle Ages, they are also highly complex sources, comprising many constituent parts, which often cannot be easily harmonized. Their codification not only served practical purposes, but also had a representational function; it could also serve to preserve and transmit formative knowledge or authorized and authorizing tradition. The interdisciplinary contributions in the present volume explore, among other things, the multilayered nature and complex typology of composite sources, the relationship between literary and liturgical transmission, and the historical and cultural significance of liturgical books from the Western Middle Ages.


Liturgical books are not only the most important evidence for understanding patterns of worship in the Middle Ages, they are also highly complex sources, comprising many constituent parts, which often cannot be easily harmonised. Their codification not only served practical purposes, but also had a representational function; it could also serve to preserve and transmit formative knowledge or authorised and authorising tradition. The interdisciplinary contributions in the present volume explore, among other things, the multi-layered nature and complex typology of composite sources, the relationship between literary and liturgical transmission, and the historical and cultural significance of liturgical books from the Western Middle Ages.

  • Edited by Harald Buchinger
  • Edited by Andrew Irving