Solomon and Saturn I, 89a, “prologa prim”: An exercise in monastic reading practice by Burns, R

“…In conjunction with the subsequent episode of the battle, line 89 a forms an exemplum of the monastic practice of lectio divina. This example of ‘monastic poetics’ (O’Camb 2014; Niles 2019) moves from grammatical analysis to a vision of the Word.…”

The practice of writing inside an Egyptian monastic settlement: preliminary material characterisation of the inks used on Coptic manuscripts from the Monastery of Apa Apollo at Bawit by Ghigo, T, Albarrán Martínez, MJ

“…The manuscripts come from the Monastery of Apa Apollo at Bawit, one of the largest monastic settlements in Egypt between the Late Antiquity and the Early Islamic Period (sixth–eighth centuries CE). …”

Monks in politics, monks in the world: buddhist activism in contemporary myanmar by Walton, M

“…The range of views on monastic political engagement reveals the ways in which the monastic vocation in Myanmar is being discussed, challenged, reinforced, and transformed during this period of change.…”

The Chapel of St Catherine at the Cistercian Abbey of Savigny: 'unearthing' an architectural enigma by Allen, R

“…It brings together the findings of the latest archaeological survey of the monastic precinct, of which only fragments survive, with a comprehensive analysis of all the available references to – and scholarly discussions of – the chapel, which was destroyed in 1705. …”

Preparing the Mind for Prayer: The Wanderer, hesychasm and theosis by Leneghan, F

“…In identifying new analogues and possible sources in scriptural and patristic writings, it suggests how the poem might have been understood within an Anglo-Saxon monastic milieu.…”

Preparing the mind for prayer: The Wanderer, hesychasm and theosis by Leneghan, F

“…In identifying new analogues and possible sources in scriptural and patristic writings, it suggests how the poem might have been understood within an Anglo- Saxon monastic milieu.…”

Life and death in a medieval monastery: The case of the Cistercian Abbey of Savigny (1112-c. 1250) by Allen, R

“…This article looks to paint a picture of life and death at the reformed Benedictine (later Cistercian) abbey of Savigny, head of Normandy's only native monastic order. Using the abbey's extensive collection of charters, as well as narrative and annalistic texts, it traces in detail the different networks that underpinned recruitment at the abbey, from its abbots to its lay brothers, and attempts to reconstruct the community's lost sepulchral landscape, in particular with regards to the burial of its lay benefactors. …”

Politics of a church at war: Maronite Catholicism in the Lebanese Civil War by Henley, ADM

“…Analysing the internal politics of the church as a microcosm of the community's struggle, the study examines in detail a threefold relationship between the patriarchate, the papacy, and the monastic orders.…”

Segmentation within the state: The reconfiguration of Tibetan tribes in China's reform period by Pirie, F

“…The governmental structures of the modern Chinese state have replaced the hereditary rulers, kings and monastic leaders who formerly exercised leadership over the nomads' tribes. …”

Syriac versions of the “Historia Monachorum in Aegypto”. A preliminary investigation on the basis of the first chapter by Tóth, P

“…The journey starts from the South, from the town Assiut, and ends with a visit made to the monastic settlements of Lower Egypt, while anecdotes are told about the fathers visited and edifying sayings and curious miracles are recorded.…”

The Medicinal Accomplishment (sman sgrub) practice in the Dudjom Meteoric Iron Razor (gnam lcags spu gri) tradition: Reflections on the ritual and meditative practice at a monaster... by Cantwell, C

“…This paper examines an elaborate "Medicinal Accomplishment" ritual and its Buddhist meditative framing, as performed in a religious monastic context in Bhutan. It explores aspects of the practice, especially the transformations of the substances considered to be enacted through the meditative ritual and tantric accomplishment, raising the question of whether an important aspect of Tibetan medicine in the past may have been neglected in the contemporary focus on the active natural ingredients in Tibetan pills.…”

Following the scent of the Huntsmen’s Mass: the tradition and legacy of Lasso's Missa Iager by Leitmeir, C

“…This view can be seriously challenged by the transmission of Lasso’s mass in manuscript and print, which survives almost exclusively in monastic settings, far removed from the milieu of the courtly hunt. …”

Shrines and schools in Byzantine Cappadocia by Ene Draghici-Vasilescu, E

“…Between the fifth and the eleventh centuries the churches in this province of the empire were not only the places where the liturgy was performed, but also the social and spiritual centres of villages, towns, army garrisons, monastic complexes, etc. They fulfilled the same specific functions regardless of the purpose and scale concerning the settlements in which they were located. …”

Gratitude without a self by Chadha, M, Nichols, S

“…In this paper we explain the notion of anumodanā and its functioning in the context of dāna (gift-giving or almsgiving in the Buddhist monastic context) to explain how it recovers some of the benefits of our ordinary reactive attitude of gratitude without implicating the self.…”

Making flowers speak: Petrarch and idiorrhythmy by Southerden, F

“…The article begins with a study of Barthes’s exposition of idiorrhythmy: its medieval origins in the monastic communities of Mount Athos and the productively unstable and improvised character of the “living together,” and apart, that it implies. …”

Tensions and experimentations of Kingship: King Narai and his response to missionary overtures in the 1680s by Strathern, A

“…This involves a consideration of his increasing residence in Lopburi; his fractious relationship with the Buddhist monastic order; his desire to innovate in the field of astrology and chronicle writing; the appeal of French culture and monarchical grandeur; and the possibility that his metaphysical worldview underwent a significant shift towards deism. …”

Politics in Gorakhpur since the 1920s: the making of a safe ‘Hindu’ constituency by Gellner, D

“…Adityanath was both an effective constituency MP and the head of a thriving Math (Hindu monastic temple). Gorakhpur used to be famous for its lawless image and gang warfare. …”

Synchronising the hours: a fifteenth-century wooden volvelle from the Basilica of San Zeno, Verona by Griffin, S

“…The analysis of the Wheel has potentially far-reaching implications for our understanding of the ways in which the dispensation of mechanical horologia in monastic settings affected the perception of time. …”

Spirits and skins: the sceapheord of Exeter Book Riddle 13 and holy labour by Burns, R

“…While celebrating the spiritual meaning of individual acts of manual labour, Riddle 13 also reinforces the moral and theological importance of collective monastic work. …”

The annals and history of the abbots of Savigny: a new edition of the so-called Chronicon Savigniacense by Allen, RG

“…If the annals produced by the Benedictine abbeys of Normandy have long been the subject of scholarly interest, those written at houses associated with the other monastic orders have received considerably less attention. …”