Centuries of Silence | Des siècles de silence (English/French)
240 pages
Published: January 1, 2017
Non-Fiction / Art & Architecture
Paperback: 9781554577644 $49.99
Published by Art Gallery of Nova Scotia
Centuries of Silence: The Discovery of the Salzinnes Antiphonal showcases an exceptional cultural artifact made in 1554-55 for Dame Julienne de Glymes, prioress of the Cistercian Abbey of Salzinnes, and rediscovered in the Patrick Power Library at St. Mary’s University in 1998. The liturgical text, plainchant music, and rare full-page illuminations make for a rich document of a time, the Renaissance; a place, Wallonia; and a community of cloistered women who come alive in this manuscript two centuries after the venerable abbey’s demise.
Published: January 1, 2017
Non-Fiction / Art & Architecture
Paperback: 9781554577644 $49.99
Published by Art Gallery of Nova Scotia
Centuries of Silence: The Discovery of the Salzinnes Antiphonal showcases an exceptional cultural artifact made in 1554-55 for Dame Julienne de Glymes, prioress of the Cistercian Abbey of Salzinnes, and rediscovered in the Patrick Power Library at St. Mary’s University in 1998. The liturgical text, plainchant music, and rare full-page illuminations make for a rich document of a time, the Renaissance; a place, Wallonia; and a community of cloistered women who come alive in this manuscript two centuries after the venerable abbey’s demise.
Des siècles de silence : La découverte de l’antiphonaire de Salzinnes met en valeur un objet culturel exceptionnel fabriqué en 1554-1555 pour Dame Julienne de Glymes, prieure de l’abbaye cistercienne de Salzinnes et redécouvert en 1998 à la Bibliothèque Patrick Power de l’Université Saint Mary’s. Le texte liturgique, le plain-chant et d’exceptionnelles enluminures sur pleine page font de cet antiphonaire le riche document d’une période : la Renaissance, d’un endroit : la Wallonie, et d’une communauté de religieuses cloîtrées, qui y reprennent vie comme par enchantement, deux siècles après la dissolution de la vénérable abbaye.
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Author
Judith Dietz is the associate curator of Historical European Art at the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia.
Judith Dietz est conservatrice associée de l'art européen historique de l'Art Gallery of Nova Scotia.
