Brand, Benjamin - Holy Treasure and Sacred Song

Holy Treasure and Sacred Song explores the complex interplay between relic cults and the liturgy in medieval Tuscany. Drawing on documentary, literary and visual evidence rarely considered together, it reveals that liturgical texts, music, and ritual were integral to the clergy's well-informed promotion of saints buried in their churches.

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CONTENTS

Table of Contents
Music Examples
Figures
Tables
Abbreviations
Timeline
1. Introduction
Part I. Dominus et constructor
2. The Bishop's Relics, 752-899
The Politics of Relic Cults: Bishop Giovanni I of Lucca
Defenders of Ecclesiastical Treasure: Fiesole and Florence
3. The Bishop's Clergy, 840-1039
Emperors - Canons - Bishops
Arezzo: A Trio of Episcopal Builders
San Miniato: A New Episcopal Center
Fiesole: Between Episcopal and Monastic Reform
4. The Bishop's Eclipse, 1032-1118
Florence: Reformed Monasticism and the Cathedral Canons
Lucca: The Lord and Builder in the Age of the Reformed Papacy
Pisa: The Rise of Civic Religion
Part II. Ecclesia Matrix
5. The Cathedral Chapters, their Churches, and their Liturgies
Ordinals
Altars, Relics, and Oblations
Privatization
6. Public Drama in the Mass
The Clergy and Populace Convene
The Liturgy of the Word
The Liturgy of the Eucharist
The Dedication of the Church
St. Martin
St. Donatus
7. Sacred Narrative in the Divine Office
St. Minias
St. Zenobius
St. Donatus
Sts. Fridian and Regulus
Appendix
Works Cited
Manuscripts and Archival Documents
Printed Books
Index