The Old French Paraclete ordinary, Paris, Bibliothèque nationale, Ms français 14410 and the Paraclete breviary, Chaumont, Bibliothèque municipale, Ms 31

Commentary and edition of the Old French Paraclete Ordinary (Paris, Bibliothèque National Ms. français 14410) and the Paraclete Breviary (Chaumont, Bibliothèque Municipale Ms. 31) by Peter Abelard. Texts focus on liturgical practice at the Paraclete. Ordinary includes a “Book of Burials”, an “Old French Ordinary” (a work designed to coordinate the celebrations during the course of the liturgical year), and an “Order of Processions.” Breviary includes a calendar, the Temporal and Sanctoral cycles, the Common of the Saints and various other material.Preface -- Abbreviations and short titles -- General introduction -- Select and summary notes. The temporal cycle. The sanctoral cycle -- Addenda -- Excursus

The Paraclete statutes institutiones nostrae

Commentary and edition of the Paraclete Statutes Instutiones Nostrae (Troyes, Bibliothèque Municipale Ms 802, ff. 89r-90v), a monastic customary. Waddell places this "Rule of Abelard" into the context of the twelfth century Gregorian reforms and the monastic observance proposed by Peter Abelard.Introduction -- Abbreviations and short titles -- Institutiones nostrae. Transcription norms. Photocopy: plates I-IV. Transcription -- Commentary. 1. The manuscript and the editions and recent literature. 2. The nature of Institutiones Nostrae and its principal sources. 3. Notes and comments on the text. 4. Emergents and tentative conclusions -- Appendices. Abelard's Rule for Women Religious and Letter IX. Cistercian statutes (ca. 1136). Selected Latin concordance

Hymn collections from the Paraclete

Commentary and edition of hymn collections from the Paraclete including hymns from Peter Abelard’s well-known Hymnarius Paraclithensis (Bruxelles, Bibliothèque Royale de Belgique, ms 10147-10158). Also used: Chaumont, Bibliothèque rnunicipale, ms. 31; Paris, Bibliothèque National ms. français 14410 (ff. 29r-116v); Epinal, Bibliothèque municipale, ms 235 (anc. 97, ff 194v-199r); Paris, Bibliothèque nationale, ms lat. 1029 A; Paris, Bibliothèque nationale, ms lat. 2040 (f. 56r-v); Sankt Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Codex 528 (pp. 285-286); Zürich, Zentralbibliothek, ms Rh. 18 (f. 56r); Zürich, Zentralbibliothek, ms. 21 (f. 124v); Zürich, Zentralbibliothek, ms. 27 (f. 60v); Zürich, Zentralbibliothek, ms. 28 (f. 150rl-2); and Zürich, Zentralbibliothek, ms. 59 (front pastedown).Preface -- Abbreviations and short titles -- Hymns of the Paraclete: general orientation -- Abelard's hymns at the Paraclete -- The primitive Cistercian hymnary at the Paraclete -- Hymns from Gallican sources at the Paraclete -- Hymn melodies from the Paraclete -- General conclusions -- Addenda. Selected concordance of Abelard's hymns. Notes on select variants of Abelard's hymns

Two early Cistercian libelli missarum

Commentary and edition of two early Cistercian Libelli Missarum (Paris, Bibliothèque Nationa1e, ms 2300, ff. 85b-122v and Reims, Bibliothèque Municipa1e, ms 310, ff. 76r-97v) uses two manuscript collections of Masses from early Cistercian missals. Similarities and differences between these two sources are explored to investigate the "areas of creative tension which led to a remarkable liturgical synthesis" during the early development of the uniform Cistercian liturgy of the Middle Ages.Preface -- Introduction -- Notes on two Cistercian Libelli Missarum -- Reims formularies -- Conclusions. Libellus Missarum. I. Paris, Bibliotheque Nationale, ms latin 2300. Libellus Missarum II. Reims, Bibliotheque Municipale, ms 310 -- Additions -- Index of Incipits

The twelfth-century Cistercian hymnal

Commentary and edition of the Milanese-Cistercian recension and the Bernardine recension of the twelfth-century Cistercian Hymnal tracing the evolution of Cistercian texts and melodies from the Molesme-Cistercian Hymnal through the early twelfth century, when the Cistercian hymnal attained its medieval form. The hymnal was used until the mid-seventeenth century, when liturgical practices were changed to conform to Roman practice. Waddell divides the manuscripts into two major recensions, each represented in several manuscripts.Preface -- Book one: The Cistercian hymnal, its antecedents, its composition, its early evolution. Part 1. Introduction and orientation. Part 2. The first recension hymnal. Part 3. The second recension hymnal. Final impressions -- Book two: The Cistercian hymnal, notes on the texts and melodies of the two recensions - Addenda

The summer-season Molesme breviary

Commentary and edition of the Summer Season Molesme Breviary based upon Troyes, Bibliothèque Municipale, Ms. 807 including the Temporal and Sanctoral liturgical cycles as well as the Common of Saints. Introduction focuses upon the reformed liturgy of Molesme as a basis for early Cisterican liturgy.Preface -- Abbreviations and short titles -- General introduction -- Select and summary notes. The temporal cycle, Easter and the Easter season. The sanctoral cycle. Common of Saints -- General conclusion