The Medieval Offices of Saint Thomas Aquinas (original) (raw)

List of images 9 Acknowledgements 11 Key to abbreviations 13 Introduction 24 Manuscript sources Part I Thomas and his rhymed o�ces 45 A short history of liturgical festivities 57 A structure of rhymed o�ces 63 Playing with language Part II Analyses of the chants and liturgy 69 Musical and notational di�erences in the sources 79 Melismacy 83 Modality in music and text 104 Obedience through modes 107 Verse form and expressivity Part III Chants of the o�ces 117 Chants of Dies natalis 159 Chants of Translatio Part IV Sensory experience in the liturgies 195 Dies natalis: From celebrated doctor to perfumed body 215 A landscape view of the o�ce of the Translatio 226 Two bodies presented together in Thomas's feasts 237 Conclusions 243 Bibliography 243 Manuscripts 244 Edited sources 245 Research literature 6 255 Appendices 255 Appendix 1. List of incipits 258 Appendix 2. Table of chants and their modes 260 Appendix 3. Table of melismacy in the great responsories 261 Appendix 4. List of verse form by chant 268 Appendix 5. The chants of Nocturns in Dominic's Dies natalis