Walahfrid Strabo's Libellus de exordiis et incrementis quarundam in observationibus ecclesiasticis rerum
Strabo Walahfrid|Alice L. Harting-Corrêa
The Libellus of the Carolingian monk Walahfrid presents a first history Eucharistic liturgy, with special reference to topics such as fasting, frequency communion, and arrangement sections mass. also examines origins certain liturgical actions in baptism, traces development hymnography, considers etymology various terms for church architecture. Walahfrid's unusually explicit citation sources makes his work particular value modern historian. This translation is into English. commentary establishes place language argument early writings on while relating it wider context non-liturgical from Fathers mid-ninth century. author's detailed examinations sources—historical, legislative literary—show lines transmission texts their availability period.