medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Thomas Izbicki wrote:
>> Frans van Liere wrote:
>>
>> In the Ordines Romani (ed. Andrieu) there is one passage in the liturgy
>> for the blessing of the emperor, where the bishop of Porto is said to
>> offer a second prayer "in medio rotae" (the first one was outside, in
>> front of the "porta argentea"): "orationem secundam det episcopus
>> portuensis intra aecclesiam beati petri in medio rotae"
>> Does anyone have any idea what exactly this "rota" in the Church of Saint
>> Peter's is?
>
> Agostino Patrizzi's Caeremoniale says that the emperor, before the
> second prayer, moves "ad medium ecclesiae."
>
> See fol. XXVIIIr of the Venice 1516 edition in the 1965 Gregg reprint.
I would speculate that it was a circular design in the pavement - wherever
the "medium ecclesiae" might be.
John Briggs
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