Author

Contributions

  • Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies - Contributor

Publication

2022 - Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, Toronto, Ontario, Ontario

Language

English

Word Count

72,250 words, Guess

Page Count

289 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-100888442289
  • ISBN-139780888442284
  • OCLC Control Number1292078595
  • Better World BooksO9-BDU-232
  • Open LibraryOL43571125M

Classifications

  • DDC871/.03
  • LCCPA8395.N6 Z5643 2022

Description

"The ninth-century monk and poet Notker of St Gall played a seminal role in the history of the sequence, a distinctly medieval poetic genre of liturgical chant, through his Liber Ymnorum. Notker harkens back beyond the classical Latin and Greek tradition, drawing on Hebrew models; his texts combine theological complexity with poetic invention of extraordinary reach. Despite the opposition his innovations provoked in traditionalist circles, Notker's sequences were widely adopted. Promotion by the monastery of St Gall and posthumous idealization of the poet ensured the Liber Ymnorum would become a prototypical model for a wide array of imitations in the genre until the late sixteenth century."--

Subjects

People

Notker Balbulus (approximately 840-912)

Series Statement

  • Studies and texts -- 228
  • Studies and texts (Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies) -- 228.

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