%0 Journal Article %1 reynolds_image_1983 %A Reynolds, Roger E. %D 1983 %J Gesta %K Amt Kunst Mittelalter Ordination %N 1 %P 27--38 %R 10.2307/766950 %T Image and Text: The Liturgy of Clerical Ordination in Early Medieval Art %U http://www.jstor.org/stable/766950 %V 22 %X Against the backdrop of the copious representation of clerical ordinations in late medieval pontifical manuscripts, four of the most celebrated and rare early medieval depictions of the same scenes are examined in the context of the types of liturgical manuscripts in which they are found and the ordination texts they illustrate. The representation in the Raganaldus Sacramentary is an example of an "epitomized cycle," encapsulating the moment of the traditio instrumentorum in the rite of ordination. A single panel of the ivory front cover of the Drogo Sacramentary is a monoscenic portrayal representing a whole cycle of ordination texts in the sacramentary itself, but refers specifically to an external Romano-Gallican directory of ordination. The consecration of a bishop in the Warmund Sacramentary is again shown to refer not to the text in the sacramentary, but to a papal ordination directory and may even depict the consecration of Pope Sylvester II. Finally, the remarkably complete cycle of the Landulf Pontifical rotulus is an astonishingly accurate portrayal of the ordination rite used in Benevento and reflected in the directional rubrics of the roll itself.

@article{reynolds_image_1983, abstract = {Against the backdrop of the copious representation of clerical ordinations in late medieval pontifical manuscripts, four of the most celebrated and rare early medieval depictions of the same scenes are examined in the context of the types of liturgical manuscripts in which they are found and the ordination texts they illustrate. The representation in the Raganaldus Sacramentary is an example of an "epitomized cycle," encapsulating the moment of the traditio instrumentorum in the rite of ordination. A single panel of the ivory front cover of the Drogo Sacramentary is a monoscenic portrayal representing a whole cycle of ordination texts in the sacramentary itself, but refers specifically to an external {Romano-Gallican} directory of ordination. The consecration of a bishop in the Warmund Sacramentary is again shown to refer not to the text in the sacramentary, but to a papal ordination directory and may even depict the consecration of Pope Sylvester {II.} Finally, the remarkably complete cycle of the Landulf Pontifical rotulus is an astonishingly accurate portrayal of the ordination rite used in Benevento and reflected in the directional rubrics of the roll itself.}, added-at = {2011-10-04T22:32:08.000+0200}, author = {Reynolds, Roger E.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/240593b2b95aaf274ad3dd1147311eaea/avs}, doi = {10.2307/766950}, interhash = {822cc08cb0ee6301191423ac9be15c43}, intrahash = {40593b2b95aaf274ad3dd1147311eaea}, issn = {{0016-920X}}, journal = {Gesta}, keywords = {Amt Kunst Mittelalter Ordination}, month = jan, note = {{ArticleType:} research-article / Full publication date: 1983 / Copyright © 1983 International Center of Medieval Art}, number = 1, pages = {27--38}, shorttitle = {Image and Text}, timestamp = {2011-10-04T22:32:13.000+0200}, title = {Image and Text: The Liturgy of Clerical Ordination in Early Medieval Art}, url = {http://www.jstor.org/stable/766950}, volume = 22, year = 1983 }