Aelfric's Letter to the Monks of Eynsham

Cover......Page 1
Half-title......Page 3
Series-title......Page 4
Title......Page 5
Copyright......Page 6
Contents......Page 7
Acknowledgements......Page 8
Abbreviations......Page 11
1 The Eynsham \'letter\' and the study of Ælfric......Page 13
THE TITLE......Page 15
AUTHORSHIP......Page 16
THE FOUNDING OF EYNSHAM ABBEY AND DATE OF THE LME......Page 17
GENERIC FEATURES......Page 30
ÆLFRIC AND THE REGULARIS CONCORDIA......Page 31
Ælfric\'s exemplar......Page 33
Re-organization of the source......Page 39
Evaluating Ælfric\'s adaptations......Page 46
Additions to the source......Page 47
Omissions from the source......Page 48
Further responses and changing ideas of \'reform\'......Page 54
Stylistic changes......Page 63
ÆLFRIC AND THE LIBER OFFICIALIS......Page 71
Amalarius and the history of the Liber officialis......Page 72
Ælfric\'s exemplar......Page 74
Adaptations and informing concerns......Page 77
SOURCE STUDY AND FURTHER INTERPRETATIVE PROBLEMS......Page 80
DESCRIPTION......Page 83
THE LME AND ARCHBISHOP WULFSTAN\'S \'COMMONPLACE BOOK\'......Page 89
4 Critical and editorial history......Page 104
THE TEXT......Page 115
THE TRANSLATION......Page 116
THE COMMENTARY......Page 117
TEXT......Page 122
TRANSLATION......Page 123
LME Ælfric\'s prefatory letter......Page 162
LME 2 The diurnal order; cf. RC 15, 22–6 and 33......Page 163
LME 4 The psalmi familiares; cf. RC 19, 21, 22, 24, 33, 34 and 37......Page 165
LME 5 The order after Prime; cf. RC 27–8 and 83......Page 167
LME 6 Extra psalms after Chapter; cf. RC 32......Page 168
LME 8 Communion practices; cf. RC 29......Page 169
LME 11 Votive masses of the day, Friday and Saturday; cf. RC 31......Page 170
LME 13 The winter ordo hymnorum; cf. RC 39......Page 171
LME 17 Chapter, Christmas Eve; cf. RC 45......Page 176
LME 20 Further instructions, Christmas Day; cf. RC 48......Page 177
LME 22 The Octave of Christmas: further customs; cf. RC 50; Lib.off. I.xli.2......Page 178
LME 23 Resumption of the regular winter horarium; cf. RC 53 and 51......Page 179
LME 24 Epiphany; cf. RC 52; Lib.off. IV.xxxiii.1 and IV.xliv.1......Page 180
LME 25 Customs for Candlemas; cf. RC 54; Lib.off. IV.xxxiii.18......Page 181
LME 26 Septuagesima; cf. Lib.off. I.i.16–17, 6, 5, 19 and 1; RC 55–6......Page 184
LME 28 Quinquagesima; cf. Lib.off. I.iii.1; RC 55......Page 188
LME 29 Ash Wednesday; cf. RC 57......Page 189
LME 30 Lent; cf. Lib.off. I.iv.1 + Lect.discr.long. II.1; RC 59......Page 190
LME 31 Passion Sunday; cf. Lib.off. IV.xx.1–3 and 5......Page 192
LME 32 Palm Sunday; cf. RC 60; Lib.off. I.x.1 + Lect.discr.long. II.3–4 and 6......Page 194
LME 33 Nocturns, Tenebrae and the special \'Kyrie\'-responsory; cf. variant Lib.off. in R1(Sa), pp. 18–21; RC 61 and 62......Page 196
LME 34 Triduum customs, various; cf. RC 63, 64, 76 and 72......Page 201
LME 37 The new fire; cf. variant Lib.off. in R1(Sa), p. 22......Page 202
LME 38 Principal mass and stripping of the altars on Maundy Thursday; cf. RC 68; variant Lib.off. in R1(Sa), pp. 21–2......Page 203
LME 39 The Chrism Mass; cf. variant Lib.off. in R1(Sa), pp. 22–7......Page 204
LME 43 Good Friday; cf. Lib.off. I.xiii.1 and 3; RC 73 (also perhaps Lib.off. I.i.16 and I.xiii.12); variant Lib.off. in R1…......Page 207
LME 44 The Mass of the Presanctified; cf. RC 75; variant Lib.off. in R1(Sa), pp. 31–4; significant analogues at Briefe I.122…......Page 210
LME 46 The Great Vigil; cf. RC 77; Lib.off. I.xviii.1 and perhaps 5; I.xxvii.1–2 and 30; variant Lib.off. in R1(Sa), pp. 54…......Page 211
LME 47 Easter Nocturns; cf. RC 79......Page 215
LME 48 Easter Day: Prime through Vespers; cf. RC 80......Page 216
LME 49 Resumption of the monastic cursus; cf. RC 81 and 85......Page 217
LME 51 The Vigil of Pentecost; cf. RC 88......Page 218
LME 52 Pentecost, continued; cf. RC 89–90......Page 219
LME 53 The Octave of Pentecost and Trinity Sunday; cf. RC 90......Page 220
LME 55 Occurrences and the ranking of feasts (not in RC)......Page 221
LME 56 Litanies before mass and the \'subdiaconal\' fast; cf. RC 85 and 33......Page 222
LME 59 The repetition of liturgies in the time after Pentecost (not in RC)......Page 223
LME 61 Ember Days; cf. RC 93......Page 224
LME 63 Lay dominion prohibited; cf. RC 10......Page 225
LME 66 The death and burial of a monk; cf. RC 99......Page 226
LME 68 The breue; cf. RC 101......Page 227
LME 69 Confraternal obligations; a prayer; cf. RC 102......Page 228
LME 70 Preface; Septuagesima through the Triduum......Page 229
LME 71 Easter through Ascension......Page 232
LME 73 Saints\' days......Page 234
LME 74 August to Advent......Page 235
LME 75 Advent......Page 236
LME 77 From Christmas through the Octave of Epiphany......Page 237
LME 79 Formulas for terminating the readings......Page 238
LME 80 Lessons on summer ferias; repetition of Sunday masses......Page 239
APPENDIX Concordance of section divisions in the Regularis concordia......Page 241
Bibliography......Page 243
Index of liturgical formae......Page 253
General index......Page 257