medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Jon Cannon wrote:
>
> Winchester:
> Western entrance. VIP/ceremonial. C14 replacing large c11 west work
> which itself may reflect c9 west work of previous church
> [Kjolbye-Biddle in Crook 1993]. The latter designed to show king off
> to best possible effect, and faced the then royal palace
> [Berthe-Biddle], presumably an element of Royal entrance-way until
> c12 when Royal function of Winchester began to diminish; demolition
> of westwork may reflects this 'demoting' of Winchester's Royal role.
The present W front has a central door, and also doors into the two aisles -
these would presumably be the lay entrances.
> N side. Monks doors from cloister.
> S transept: lay?. small door facing gate from city widely assumed to
> be main way in for pilgrims, compare Ely [Crook in Crook 1993?]. As
> at Ely and elsewhere, monks' choir extended under crossing.
This is seriously wrong - the monastic cloister is on the S. The only door
on the N seems to be at the S end of W wall of N transept - it doesn't look
particularly significant.
John Briggs
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