Gender, Space, and Communal History in Tenth-Century Additions to the Book of Nunnaminster
The Book of Nunnaminster (London, British Library, MS Harley 2965) is a late eighth-century decorated prayerbook. This article focuses on two later additions to the manuscript, through which a tenth-century provenance at Nunnaminster has been assigned: a vernacular account of the geographic boundari...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brepols
2022
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The journal of medieval monastic studies
Year: 2022, Volume: 11, Pages: 69-96 |
| IxTheo Classification: | KAE Church history 900-1300; high Middle Ages KBF British Isles KCA Monasticism; religious orders RC Liturgy |
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| Summary: | The Book of Nunnaminster (London, British Library, MS Harley 2965) is a late eighth-century decorated prayerbook. This article focuses on two later additions to the manuscript, through which a tenth-century provenance at Nunnaminster has been assigned: a vernacular account of the geographic boundaries of the community (fol. 40v) and three confessional prayers (fol. 41r). These later additions reveal the extent to which considerations of gender inflected devotional practice and conceptions of institutional memory at Nunnaminster. Indeed, the quasi-liturgical religious practices and allusion to the foundation of the community inherent within the confessional formulae and vernacular account, respectively, prove inseparable from gender. |
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| ISSN: | 2034-3523 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The journal of medieval monastic studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1484/J.JMMS.5.130742 |