Silences And Sounds

One of the things that shows up again and again in early devotional books is instruction that feels, at first glance, almost excessive. “...

Every archival journey has its moments of mystery. One of those dropped in my lap this week. Late last year, one of the Thalbach library v...

One of the recurring themes in my scholarly life is “lots of little details.” That’s true of many things in life, of course, but this morn...

The back-end of the Thalbach prayerbook (ÖNB Cod. 11750, 56v-60r) provides an early modern devotional adaptation of the “Seven Last Words...

The Thalbach Segen for the Mass The first half of this Segen – which I posted about last week – establishes its logic through enclosure...

A “Segen” is a prayer genre that combines words, gestures, and formulas to bring about a positive end such as divine grace, desired happine...