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True, and such sanctuaries were usually housed in large edifices
called pilgrimage churches. The plan was still basilican, but it had
some additions to it. The most famous of these was/still is Santiago
de Compostela (bult:1075-1128)and it is a model for other pilgrimage
churches. It anticipates the Gothic style as it has a transept
intersecting the nave just in front of the high altar. The aisles on
either side of the nave run all aound the church as they join in one
continuous walk-way. Satiago still has four door, one more than the
three which characterized the earlier basilica. One entered the door
to the left as he faced the west facade and could take the long or the
short tour, either by following the aisle which continued past the
transept and wrapped around the high altar, or he could go the long
way and walk the circumferences of the transept. Incidentally, it has
been pointed out by some arch. historians that this addition created a
latin cross out of the ground plan, enhancing the notion of the
building being a House of God due to the ground plan, itself, being an
ikon. This is contrasted to the Byzantine style ground plan which
much earlier had begun to use the Byzantine cross (all four parts
equal) as a ground plan. The portion of the continuous aisle that
wraps around the high altar is called the amubulatory. The far side
(east) has radiating chaples in which holy items are on display for
the visitors. In the case of Santiago, the center radiating chapel
contains St. James' relics. As you can see, this solved a big
problem; the visitors simply walked around the perimeter of the
church, entering left door on the facade and exiting by the right.
This was an excellent solution the the traffic problems in pilgrimage
churches during peak pilgrimage season, of which Chaucer tells us so
much. Salve! tom ault
Sat, 4 Dec 2004 13:32:14 EST
Andr?-Yves Bourg?s <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and
>culture
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> In the processus de vita et de miraculis sancti Yvonis (1330) the
>term
> basilica seems to be used for sanctuaries, either simple chapel or
> main church,
> which were well known as specific pilgrimage centers (for example,
>the
> Seven-Saints of Brittany's pilgrimage).
>
> ANDRE-YVES BOURGES
>
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