Abstract
This chapter reviews the evidence for the possession of specific types of books, such as sacramentaries, homiliaries, canon law texts and hagiography, used by priests in Merovingian Gaul. After developing some criteria for identifying books that might have been used by priests, the author examines specific manuscripts that he believes were produced for Merovingian priests, and probably were owned by them. These manuscripts include the so-called Bobbio Missal, early sermon collections, as well as the oldest manuscript evidence of Fredegar's chronicle.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Men in the Middle |
| Subtitle of host publication | Local Priests in Early Medieval Europe |
| Editors | Steffen Patzold, Carine van Rhijn |
| Publisher | de Gruyter |
| Pages | 162-176 |
| Number of pages | 15 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9783110444483 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9783110436204 |
| State | Published - 24 May 2016 |
Publication series
| Name | Ergänzungsbände zum Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde |
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| Volume | 93 |
Bibliographical note
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