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Books, rituals and space in a Cistercian nunnery. Living, praying and reading in Lorvão, 13th – 16th centuries.
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La cultura escrita en los monasterios femeninos del Císter en Portugal (siglos XIII-XV)
Publication . Rêpas, Luís Miguel; Barreira, Catarina Fernandes; Instituto de Estudos Medievais (IEM); Centro de Estudos de História Religiosa da Universidade Católica Portuguesa
Neste artigo aborda-se a cultura escrita nos mosteiros cistercienses femininos em Portugal, na Idade Média. Depois de elaborar o estado da arte sobre a matéria, procuramos apresentar as principais linhas de análise em função da dupla vertente dos cartórios e das bibliotecas. São imensas as potencialidades inerentes ao estudo dos cartórios monásticos, desde a produção dos documentos, à sua conservação e organização. Por outro lado, o estudo das bibliotecas dos mosteiros cistercienses femininos e dos livros que as compõem não só abre perspetivas sobre a encomenda, a aquisição e a produção de códices (de uso litúrgico ou outros), mas também sobre as leituras das monjas e a sua literacia. This article addresses written culture in female Cistercian monasteries in Portugal during the Middle Ages. Following a brief résumé of the state of the art, we shall seek to present the principal lines of analysis according to a two-pronged approach embracing both archives and libraries. The potential inherent to the study of monastic archives, including the production of documents, conservation, and organisation, is immense. Meanwhile, study of Cistercian female monastic libraries and their constituent books not only opens important perspectives on the commissioning, acquisition, and production of codices (for liturgical or other uses), but also on the reading practices of nuns and their literacy.
Spaces of Seclusion and Liturgy
Publication . Barreira, Catarina Alexandra Martins Fernandes; Instituto de Estudos Medievais (IEM)
In 1211, the Monastery of Lorvão became home to the first Cistercian nunnery to be established in Portugal. Surviving from this community are some three dozen (mostly) liturgical codices, produced 1211-c.1700, providing important evidence of ritual practices in this female house which is especially valuable when viewed against the broader panorama of Cistercian experience both in Portugal and beyond. This paper subjects two liturgical codices of Lorvão, one a Processional and one a Ceremonial, to a contextualised analysis in order to probe the potential of these works for shedding light on matters relating to how liturgy was performed during, for example, processions and other rituals inherent to the monastic life. Additional consideration is given to the extent to which the stipulations of the regulatory framework promulgated by the Cistercian General Chapter were, or were not, fulfilled, as well as highlighting the existence of modifications made to those regulations, adapting various rituals to better fit the specific spaces available in the monastic precinct of this celebrated Cistercian convent.
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
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3599-PPCDT
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PTDC/ART-HIS/0739/2020