Amalarius of Metz and the Laying on of Hands in the Ordination of a Deacon
John St. H. Gibaut
Amalarius of Metz (ca. 780–850/851), the premier liturgical scholar Carolingian Renaissance, is often cited as a witness to usages Frankish church in ninth century. Amalarius's descriptions, critiques, and explanations various rites works such Liber officialis appear many scholars contrived visionary. Despite his value source for history, reliability has long been under question.
Harvard Theological Review