On the Liturgy, Volume I - Books 1-2

Informationen zum Autor Eric Knibbs is Assistant Professor of History at Williams College. Klappentext Amalar of Metz's On the Liturgy -one of the most widely circulated texts of the Carolingian era-addresses Christian worship from prayers to vestments to bodily gestures of celebrants. This volume adapts the text of Jean-Michel Hanssens's 1948 edition and provides the first complete translation into a modern language. Zusammenfassung Amalar of Metz’s On the Liturgy—one of the most widely circulated texts of the Carolingian era—addresses Christian worship from prayers to vestments to bodily gestures of celebrants. This volume adapts the text of Jean-Michel Hanssens’s 1948 edition and provides the first complete translation into a modern language.

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• Authors: Amalar of Metz, Eric Knibbs, Amalar Of Metz Amalar Of Metz
• Assisted by: Eric Knibbs (Editor), Eric Knibbs (Translation), Knibbs Eric (Editor and translation)
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 06.10.2014
• EAN: 9780674060012
• ISBN: 978-0-674-06001-2
• No. of pages: 576
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 210 mm x 31 mm
• Series: Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library; Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Librar; Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library; Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Librar
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Middle Ages; RELIGION / Christianity / History, RELIGION / Christian Church / History, RELIGION / Christian Rituals & Practice / Worship & Liturgy, Religion: general, Christianity, CE period up to c 1500, Medieval History, Christian worship, rites & ceremonies, Worship, rites, ceremonies and rituals, History and Archaeology