medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
On Monday, December 19, 2005,at 3:43 pm, chris crockett wrote:
> From: John Dillon <[log in to unmask]>
>
> > B.'s church is in two main parts, one from the twelfth century
> and the
> other, attached to the former at a slight angle, from the
> thirteenth.
>
> > And a plan of the interior (with illustrations that open when one
> clicks on the numbers) is here:
> > http://www.viedellidentita.it/risorsa1-interno.html
>
>
> what a bizarre plan, was my first thought, influenced by your
> analysis of it.
>
> clicking on "4" on the plan, however, makes it clear that this
> curiously large
> "transept" is "LA CAPPELLA DI SAN BERARDO", is a kind of
> appendage which
> grew like Topsy into the Baroque period.
>
> the 13th c. facade and portals are not all that unusual a feature,
> in a
> transeptless building.
The bizarreness lies in the fact that the two structures (whose floors
are at noticeably different heights) are backed on to one another, with
the resulting two facades; also, that this has taken place at an odd
angle (for which latter there are several competing explanations). An
exterior view showing the join is here:
http://www.concapeligna.it/Comuni/TERAMO/image/davedere45.jpg
Churches with transepts of course lend themselves more readily to the
creation of a second facade. So, e.g., Foligno's cathedral of San
Feliciano (discussed at "saints of the day", 24. January last), to say
nothing of churches with monumental facades on each transept (e.g.,
Chartres' cathedral of Notre Dame). Side doors in the nave can be
expanded and gussied up as well, as on the south flank of the cathedral
at Palermo:
http://tinyurl.com/69pt4
Best again,
John
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