The lost Missal of Alcuin and the Carolingian sacramentaries of Tours
Arthur Westwell
Letters of Alcuin York attest that he composed a liturgical book called ‘missal’ while was abbot St Martin's basilica in Tours. No manuscripts this missal survive. It has to be recovered from much later sacramentaries copied Tours, which have been subject significant subsequent reworking. This article makes new attempt draw out the contents these sources, assuming adjustments by others are an equally valid improve usability and comprehensiveness as Alcuin's original endeavour. The discovery fragments earlier sacramentary Tours Solothurn Staatsarchiv also contribution process.
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