Liturgy, Books and Franciscan Identity in Medieval Umbria

Anna Welch, Ph.D. (2011), University of Divinity, works in the History of the Book Collection at the State Library Victoria (Melbourne, Australia). Her research interests include Franciscan history and spirituality, book history, and the relationship between ritual and identity in medieval Christian communities.

"In 2016, our knowledge of Franciscan history was enriched by Brill’s publication of Anna Welch’s Liturgy, Books and Franciscan Identity in Medieval Umbria. Based on an analysis of late thirteenth- and early fourteenth-century missals, this book considers the role that liturgyplayed in forming and preserving the communal identity of early Franciscans living in Umbria. [...] This illuminating case study is a welcome analysis of a subject that has for years merited far more academic attention, and serves as a long overdue corrective to previous scholarship. Welch’s thorough knowledge of the extensive manuscript evidence and her masterful interaction with the secondary literature are truly impressive. This monograph belongs on the shelves of all scholars interested in Franciscan history, liturgical history, medieval art history, and Umbrian religious and social history." Andrew J. G. Drenas, University of Massachusetts Lowell, in: Renaissance Quarterly 71, no. 1 2018): 347-348.

• ContentsAcknowledgements ixList of Plates xiAbbreviations xiiIntroduction 1The Codex Sancti Paschalis 6Limitations, Terms and Definitions 161 The Silent Parchment? A New Methodology for the Study of Missals 201.1 The Historiography of Illuminated Liturgical Manuscripts 201.2 Art History and the Codex Sancti Paschalis 23Maestro di Deruta-Salerno 32Venturella di Pietro 33Mss. Linked to the CSP and/or Mss. Listed above, WithoutSpecific Attribution to a Master/School 341.3 Selection Rationale for the Missals under Study 351.4 Towards a New Model for Manuscript Studies: LiturgicalHistory Meets Ritual and Performance Theory 402 Quarrelling Brothers – Liturgy and Identity, 1209–1274 512.1 The Narrative of Franciscan Liturgical History 512.2 Franciscan Liturgy: The Regula Editions? 542.2.1 The Regula Missal 552.2.2 The Regula Breviary 662.3 Elias of Cortona to Haymo of Faversham: The Concept of aSecond Founder 712.3.1 Haymo’s Ordinal 762.3.2 The Question of Liturgical Unity 782.4 John of Parma to Bonaventure: The Difficulties of AchievingLiturgical Unity 792.5 The Friars Minor, Liturgy and Identity in the Thirteenth Century 873 The Order of Friars Minor and the Book 923.1 The Scribes 923.2 The Miniaturists 1003.2.1 Friar-Miniaturists in a Scriptorium in Assisi? 1023.2.2 Scholarly Conceptualisation of a Simplistic Franciscan DecorativeStyle and Its Meaning 1063.3 ‘Pauperistico’? Franciscan Spirituality in Perugian Miniatures 1163.3.1 Crucifixion Miniatures from the Selected Missals 1173.4 Conclusions 1314 Calendars – Comparing the Evidence 1334.1 The Historiography and Methodology of Studying Sainthood,Liturgical Calendars and the Commemoration of Saints 1344.2 Short Catalogue Entries for CSP and B–E: Codicologyand Provenance 1384.3 The Calendars Compared 148Key to Symbols and Abbreviations 1494.4 Conclusions 1745 Celebrating Saints – Articulating Communal Identity throughLiturgy 1755.1 Selection of Feasts for Analysis; Methodology 1755.2 The Feasts in CSP and B–E 1785.2.1 Feasts of St. Francis 1785.2.2 Feasts of St. Anthony of Padua 1815.2.3 Feasts of St. Clare 1835.2.4 Feast of Elisabeth of Hungary 1855.2.5 Feast of St. Louis of Toulouse 1855.2.6 Feast of St. Louis ix, King of France 1865.2.7 Feasts of St. Herculanus, Bishop of Perugia 1885.2.8 Feast of Ubaldo, Patron Saint of Gubbio 1885.2.9 Feast of St. Dominic 1895.2.10 Feast of St. Peter Martyr (of Verona) 1895.2.11 Feast of Augustine of Hippo 1905.2.12 Feast of St. Bernard of Clairvaux 1905.2.13 Feasts of the Virgin 1905.3 Categories of Interpretation 1945.3.1 Rubrication 1945.3.2 Wording of the Entries 1955.3.3 Inclusion/Exclusion of Localised Feasts in a) Calendar andb) Proper of the Saints 1965.3.4 Inclusion/Exclusion of Feasts from Other Orders (i.e.Dominicans and Cistercians) 1985.3.5 Relationship to Roman Curia’s Calendar 2005.3.6 Additions and Absences 2015.3.7 Adherence to Haymo’s Ordinal 202Conclusions and Directions for Future ResearchThe Codex Sancti Paschalis from the Thirteenth to theTwenty-First Centuries 204Liturgy’s Role in the Construction of Communal Identity amongst theMedieval Order of Friars Minor 204Questions for Future Research 214The Codex Sancti Paschalis as a Site of Communal Memory 216Appendix 1 Previous Studies of the Codex Sancti Paschalis 219Appendix 2 Liturgical Contents of the Codex Sancti Paschalis 224Bibliography 2471. Primary 2471.1 Manuscripts Consulted 2482. Secondary 249Index of Modern Authors 265Index of Subjects 267