medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Jon Cannon wrote:
>
> Salisbury:
> Western entrance: VIP/ceremonial. Main door with side doors. Faces
> some canons' houses.
> SW entrance: clerics - and lay? Door in cloister wall may be main lay
> entrance [indeed it is today], though as at Exeter and Norwich it is
> not particularly convenient. Elaborate c13 door from cloister here to
> church within. At other end of cloister, C13 door from s transept
> leads to cloister walk leading most directly towards bishop's palace
> and chapter house.
> NW entrance: canons/lay? Grand porch facing both city and canon's
> houses. Comparison with nearby Wells suggests it may however have been
> exclusively for canons; the arrangement at Exeter was arguably
> identical. But Hereford demonstrates that it ain't necessarily so.
> Iconography: the few surviving statues on the w front are c14; it is
> possible they were never completed. But there was an image of the
> Virgin in the trumeau of the w door which received some cultic
> attention [Ayers 2000].
It seems to be generally accepted that the N porch was the 'main entrance'.
John Briggs
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