Sacramentary of Ratoldus (Paris, Bibliotheque N. Orchard<|

The Sacramentary of Ratoldus [Paris, Bibliothque nationale de France, lat. 12052]Author(s): Nicholas Orchard\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: The Boydell Press\nISBN-13: 9781783273195, 978-1783273195\nSynopsis\nEdition of complex and important early liturgical work.\n\nThe highly complex combined sacramentary and pontifical presented here, preserved as Paris, Bibliothque nationale de France, lat. 12052, was apparently written to the order of Ratoldus, abbot of Corbie (d. 986), but in fact has along and complicated history. The sacramentary descends from a book compiled at Saint-Denis, later augmented with material relating to Dol (in Brittany) and Arras, while the pontifical, such as it is, descends in large part froma book drawn up for Oda, archbishop of Canterbury [tel]. Moreover, late-tenth and eleventh-century additions show that Corbie was merely the last link in a fascinating and sometimes puzzling chain. The work is thus of cons.