The Bishop and his Book
The rebound 成人视频 PontificalA special bilingual service of dedication and blessing will be held in 成人视频 Cathedral on Sunday 6 February at 3.15 pm to celebrate the return of the 成人视频 Pontifical.
The Pontifical is a unique fourteenth-century bishops鈥� manuscript belonging to the Cathedral, now kept for safety in 成人视频 Archive. Funds raised by the Cathedral and University for the collaborative 成人视频 Pontifical Project, launched in 2009 as part of the University鈥檚 125 Anniversary celebrations, have recently enabled the manuscript to be digitized and conserved.
The Pontifical has returned to 成人视频 from the National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth, and will now be welcomed home. It will be received by the Dean of 成人视频, the Very Revd Alun Hawkins, and blessed by the current Bishop of 成人视频, the Right Reverend Andrew John.
An illuminated page from the manuscriptThe service has been devised specially for this occasion by 成人视频鈥檚 International Centre for Sacred Music Studies in collaboration with the Cathedral. Music will be sung by the Cathedral Choir, an all-female schola from the University, and a professional cantor. Several of the plainchant melodies from the 成人视频 Pontifical have been newly transcribed for the service, two of them known only from this manuscript.
The service also includes readings from the medieval Life of St Deiniol (d.584), patron and Bishop of 成人视频, whose monastery stood on the site of the present cathedral. The Pontifical will be blessed in the words of a medieval benediction, translated and adapted from a manuscript belonging to Edmund Lacy, Bishop of Exeter from 1420 to 1455.
This is a rare chance to see the 成人视频 Pontifical in the building with which it has been associated for almost 700 years, and to experience its text and music in a contemporary context. All are most welcome to attend, and the service will be followed by tea.
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Publication date: 1 February 2011