"This book is a valuable contribution to our understanding of the spiritual project that animated the early life of Cîteaux, founded in 1098."
- Monica Brînzei,
sehepunkte.de, May 2019. Read the full review
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"This volume contributes to our understanding of the liturgical and mental world of the early Cistercian monks and to the oral and aural community associated with early Cîteaux... It is a welcome contribution."
- Constance Hoffman Berman,
Mediaevistik 32, 2019
"Diane J. Reilly’s study provides a productive interpretation of familiar material, not by applying new methodologies but rather by insisting on the importance of the liturgy as the context for and within which these manuscripts were made."
- Jeffrey F. Hamburger,
Medium Ævum, Vol. LXXXVIII, No. 2, 2019