Silence and Sign Language in Medieval Monasticism : The Cluniac Tradition, c.900–1200
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Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0521123933
ISBN-13
9780521123938
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Dec 17th, 2009
Print length
228 Pages
Weight
348 grams
Dimensions
15.30 x 23.00 x 1.40 cms
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This book explores the rationales for religious silence in early medieval abbeys, and the use of sign language among monks when rules of silence forbade them from speaking. It provides a full-length study of the silent language of hand signs employed by the monks of the Abbey of Cluny in France.
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