Silence and Sign Language in Medieval Monasticism

Scott G. (University of Colorado, Boulder) Bruce

Cambridge University Press, 2007

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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.

ISBN-13
9780521860802
ISBN-10
0521860806
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2007
Publication date
2007-10-18
Pages
226
Dimensions
236x162x20
Weight
478