tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2939913243601569607.post8652227572729782143..comments2024-03-28T17:18:12.368+13:00Comments on Willowbrook Park: Exultet...Lord Cowellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08022567039394790375noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2939913243601569607.post-79356688197531560152011-04-24T10:13:47.634+12:002011-04-24T10:13:47.634+12:00I am afraid I haven't been able to identitfy w...I am afraid I haven't been able to identitfy which manuscript this section is taken from. It probably relates to the reading of one of the Exultet rolls. The most well known rolls of which sections are still extent are the southern Italian rolls. At least as early as the fourth century, it was common practice in the Western Church to intone a solemn hymn of praise at the time of the blessing of the Easter Candle during the Easter Vigil. As the text begins with the exhortation: Exultet iam angelica turba caelorum (Rejoice now, all you heavenly choirs of angels) the hymn is commonly called the Exultet. Probably due to strong Byzantine influence in Southern Italy, liturgical practices there evolved differently from the rest of the Catholic empire. In particular the liturgical roll was still much used in the tenth century, especially on solemn occasions (as opposed to a codex. The rolls were read from the ambo, an elevated lectern facing the people in the church. During the tenth century, under a renewed effort at unification of liturgical practices by Pope Gregory VII, the Beneventan liturgy was replaced by the Roman liturgy. This meant that the official text of the Exultet now replaced the local text on the liturgical roll. The text was written in the opposite direction to the illustrations, as was usual for such rolls. The explanation being that as the deacon stood in the ambo, he would allow the roll to hang over the railing so that the congregation could follow what he was saying by means of the pictures in front of them. No complete rolls remains. Lord Cowellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08022567039394790375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2939913243601569607.post-66730178596251405352011-04-23T12:38:12.065+12:002011-04-23T12:38:12.065+12:00I love the medieval depiction of the reading of th...I love the medieval depiction of the reading of the Exultet that you displayed in the post. To be honest, I love almost all medieval illuminated manuscripts. But this was a theme I didn't know before.<br /><br />Do you know which manuscript it came from and the year in which it was made?Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.com