The Cistercian Reform and the Art of the Book in Twelfth-Century France

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The Cistercian Reform and the Art of the Book in Twelfth-Century France is written by Diane Reilly and published by Taylor & Francis. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1040784097 (ISBN 10) and 9781040784099 (ISBN 13).

This book is a study of the programmatic oral performance of the written word and its impact on art and text. Communal singing and reading of the Latin texts that formed the core of Christian ritual and belief consumed many hours of the Benedictine monk's day. These texts-read and sung out loud, memorized, and copied into manuscripts-were often illustrated by the very same monks who participated in the choir liturgy. The meaning of these illustrations sometimes only becomes clear when they are read in the context of the texts these monks heard read. The earliest manuscripts of Cîteaux, copied and illuminated at the same time that the new monastery's liturgy was being reformed, demonstrate the transformation of aural experience to visual and textual legacy.