medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Jim Bugslag said:
'medieval roots are certainly apparent, but the early-modern church also
pruned a good deal of the anwilder medieval foliage.
Weirdly, some of these 'Restorations' and iconoclasms unwittingly put
churches closer to their *first* appearance than had been the case for
centuries. Thanks to the Reformation/Iconoclasm/Victorians, Durham
cathedral has been swept clean of the countless tabernacles, wooden side
altars, candlesticks, organs, stained glass windows, relics and etc
listed in the c16 Rites of Durham - and made into a bare, unpainted
muscular Romanesque pile with only one or two very spectacular fittings.
In general look and feel it is thus closer to its appearance in say 1110
(including the 'unpainted' bit, I understand) than at any time since...
Jon
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