Liturgical manuscripts from Toledo. Part one: Liber missarum

The following article presents the results of a study of Mozarabic liturgical manuscripts from 10th-13th centuries stored in the Toledo Archives & Chapter's Library (Archivo y Biblioteca Capitulares de la Catedral de Toledo), as well as in the Museum of Сouncils and Visigothic culture (Museo de los Concilios y de la Cultura Visigoda). First, all liturgical books were examined, and then the copies, which could be used as sources for the study of the Eucharist of the Mozarabic rite, were selected. These are the manuscripts of the “Book of Masses” (Liber missarum) and of the “Mixed Book” (Liber misticus), found both in the form of complete codices as well as in the form of fragments. The article tells about the history of their origin, points out the differences between various types of books, and draws parallels between manuscripts. When describing a particular manuscript, its content is indicated with a focus on those Mass formularies that are most important for the study of the ancient Eucharistic celebration of the Spanish Church. This article opens a series of publications on the Liturgical manuscripts from Toledo. It includes a general introduction to the topic and examines the Spanish “Book of Masses” in detail. Finally, an appendix which contains a complete list of formularies from manuscripts Toledo, Bibl. Capit., Cod. 35.3 and Toledo, Bibl. Capit., Cod. 44.2 (in Russian) can be found at the end of the article.