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Exultet in Southern Italy

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ISBN-10: 0195095278

ISBN-13: 9780195095272

Edition: 1996

Authors: Thomas Forrest Kelly

List price: $285.00
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The Exultet rolls of southern Italy are parchment scrolls containing text and music for the blessing of the great Easter candle; they contain magnificent illustrations, often turned upside down with respect to the text so that they can be seen by observers. The Exultet in Southern Italy provides a broad perspective on this phenomenon that has long attracted the interest of those interested in medieval art, liturgy, and music. This book considers these documents in the cultural and liturgical context in which they were made, and provides a perspective on all aspects of this particularly southern Italian practice. While previous art-historical studies have concentrated on the illustrations in…    
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Book details

List price: $285.00
Copyright year: 1996
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 9/26/1996
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 384
Size: 6.46" wide x 9.57" long x 1.34" tall
Weight: 1.804
Language: English

Thomas Forrest Kelly is professor of music at Harvard University.

Introduction
The Exultet and the Roll
The Exultet in the Liturgy
Illustration in Exultet Rolls
The Exultet as a Mirror of Change
Introduction to the Sources
Special Character of the South Italian Exultet
The Rotulus
Early History
The Medieval Rotulus: Ceremonial, Practical, and Decorative
The Rotulus in the Liturgy
The Texts
Early History of the Exultet
The Cursus in the Texts of the Beneventan and Franco-Roman Exultet
Origin and Author of the Exultet
The Beneventan Text of the Exultet
The Franco-Roman Text of the Exultet
The Franco-Roman Text of the Exultet in Southern Italy
The Music
The Context of the Beneventan Melody
The Beneventan Melody of the Exultet
Writing the Melody
Melodic Decoration in Performance and Writing
Other Melodies: The "Roman Melody" in Southern Italy
The Pictures
What Is in the Pictures?
How Are the Pictures Arranged?
Transmission of Illustrative Cycles
The Liturgy
The Exultet in the Beneventan Liturgy
The Adoption of Franco-Roman Practice: Benevento and Montecassino
The Ceremony of the Exultet: Some Details
Making and Using Exultet Rolls
The Scribes
Scribe, Illustrator, and Notator: Practical Considerations in the Manufacture of a Roll
New Rolls for Old
Conclusion: The Purpose of Making Exultet Rolls
Why Write Down the Music of the Exultet?
Why the Deacon?
Why Write the Exultet on a Scroll?
Why Put Pictures on an Exultet Roll?
Origins and Purposes
The Sources
The Rolls
South Italian and Dalmatian Codices
Central Italian Codices
Editions of the South Italian Exultet
The Beneventan Text of the Exultet
The Franco-Roman Text of the Exultet in South Italy
Early Versions of the Franco-Roman Text of the Exultet
Texts Related to the South Italian Exultet
References to Exultet Rolls
References to the Ceremonial of the Exultet
Bibliography
Index of Manuscripts
General Index