5 Eastern and Western Elements in the Irish Monastic Prayer of the Hours
Peter Jeffery
Abstract The Divine Office of the early Irish church is one more recondite subjects in study Western liturgical history, and cannot be studied without looking at Eastern Christian influences. Although most surviving books are fragmentary reforms Carolingian period swept away liturgy consequently direct evidence that could help us interpret these fragments, some material related to structure a few Gallican centers exists but has not yet been fully investigated. This chapter outlines major directions which new investigation based on this will lead, reconstructs basic medieval Office.
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