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Article: The Divine Office in the Latin MiddleAges: Methodology and SourceStudies, Regional Developments, Hagiography.(Review)
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The Divine Office in the Latin MiddleAges: Methodology and SourceStudies, Regional Developments, Hagiography. Edited by Margot E. Fassler and Rebecca A. Baltzer. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2000. [xxiv, 632 p. ISBN 0-19-512453-7. $75.]
In an extensive volume comprising six sections-on methodology, the early Office, manuscript research, regional traits, hagiography, and computing-an international group of specialists addresses a variety of topics concerning the medieval Office. Some of its twenty-three essays represent cutting-edge liturgiological or musicological research. Peter Jeffrey, for instance, traces Eastern influence in the ...