Title: The Rosary Cantoral : ritual and social design in a chantbook from early Renaissance Toledo /
Authors: Candelaria, Lorenzo F.
Publisher: University of Rochester Press,
Year: 2008
Subjects: Rosary Cantoral.; Illumination of books and manuscripts, Renaissance Spain Toledo.; Music Spain History and criticism.
Abstract: "The Rosary Cantoral is a rare and beautifully decorated manuscript of Latin plainchant for the Catholic Mass compiled in Toledo, Spain, around the year 1500. In an engaging and richly interdisciplinary essay, Lorenzo Candelaria approaches the Rosary Cantoral as a cultural artifact, unlocking the secrets behind its images and music to reveal the social history and rituals of an elite brotherhood dedicated to the rosary and aspects of the religious community it served: the Dominicans of San Pedro Martir de Toledo."
Contents: Introduction -- The mystery of the Rosary Cantoral -- San Pedro Mártir de Toledo -- "El cavaller de Colunya" : a legend of the Rosary -- The emblem of the Five Wounds -- Hercules and Albrecht Dürer's Das meerwunder -- Roses for the Blessed Virgin : the music -- The confraternity of Toledo and its patronage -- Epilogue.