The First Printed Edition of the Office for the Feast of Blessed Ceslaus Odrowąż, O.P. from 1602: A Copy from the Diocesan Library in Sandomierz
Dominika Grabiec
Institute of Art, Polish Academy of Sciences (Poland)
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4350-3188
Abstract
The aim of this text is to present a copy of the first edition of the office for the feast of Blessed Ceslaus Odrowąż from 1602, Officium B. Ceslai, Ordinis Praedictorum, in quo Hymnis, Responsorijs, & Antiphonis antiquis, lectiones additae sunt, hitherto regarded as lost, but in fact preserved in the Diocesan Library in Sandomierz. The text contains also a summary of the history of research into this office and a presentation of the present state of research, as well as addressing a few questions raised in the most recent musicological publications.
Keywords:
Blessed Ceslaus Odrowąż, office for the feast of Blessed Ceslaus, Dominican Order, Tutelaris Silesiae, post-Tridentine liturgy, Dominican liturgy, Diocesan Library in Sandomierz, Abraham BzowskiReferences
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Dominika GrabiecInstitute of Art, Polish Academy of Sciences Poland
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