دانلود کتاب A History of Liturgical Books, From the Beginning to the Thirteenth Century

This book is fundamental in several ways. First, it supplies serious overall information
on the liturgical books, both in the categories the author has personally studied (the understanding of
which he advances in several cases) and in those published by other researchers.
Second, Palazzo seems to practice naturally the essential give and take with the history of
civilization, of which M.-D. Chenu gave a remarkable example and which, J. Le Goff had the kindness
to say, characterizes my work on the liturgy in history. Palazzo does this in two ways: by showing an
attentive respect for the religious quality proper to the liturgy—a respect I deem essential—and by
acknowledging the place of the liturgy within the larger framework of history as well as the
interactions in which the liturgical practice is involved. In addition, Palazzo exhibits a quality for
which most liturgists (I among them), envy him, that is, his competence in matters of paleography andcodicology. As I write this, I remember a remark the master paleographer B. Bischoff made to me one
day, “I have the highest esteem for the liturgical science although I myself am not a liturgist. F.
Wormald, for his part, has the twofold competence.” Such a twofold competence is what we need.
Finally, this book is a very good example of the proper attention to the way liturgical books were
used in the celebration and pastoral practice of the Middle Ages, which I had the opportunity of
studying in the course of the years in my conversations with M. Huglo and N. K. Rasmussen: one
must take into account simultaneously the measure of oral usage in liturgical practice,1 the
complementarity of books in a common celebration (as rediscovered in the liturgy after Vatican II),
the modest significance of libelli composed for a specific occasion, and the compact books (breviaries,
for instance). Palazzo excellently applies himself to all this.