medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
From: John Briggs <[log in to unmask]>
> Christopher Crockett wrote:
> > i'm essentially not interested in anything else beyond what the
meaning of _pulpitum_ might have been, as it is used in *pre-13th c.*
texts.
> "Pulpitum" means 'lectern' or 'pulpit'. It just so happens that by the late
middle ages the lectern from which the deacon intoned the Gospel, for example,
just happened to be on top of the choir screen. There was thus a tendency for
the name for the former to be transferred to the latter.
right.
that's my understanding of it, based on such things as Leclercq's "Ambon"
article in the DACL.
and this means that the use of the word in Ivo's 1115 obituary is, therefore,
ambiguous at best.
could be a "jubé" (and, if it was, one of the first), with a "pulpit" (in
English) ; or it could be a "pulpit" (in English).
the issue can't be settled, from this text alone --and perhaps not from any
surviving text.
c
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