medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Meg,
According to Bede, Benedict Biscop brought back more from Rome than
chants: he apparently brought the cantor of St Peter's. I can't comment
on the liturgical aspects of your question, although certainly Marian
feasts were becoming established in Rome during the 7th century. As for
images, there wouldn't have been statues in churches that early. Bede,
however, claims that many panels were brought from Rome, and describes
in some detail the "programme" of images in the church at Jarrow. I know
this has been written about recently (Richard Gameson?), but don't have
any references at hand.
Cheers,
Jim
Cormack, Margaret Jean wrote:
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
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> Greetings all,
>
> The discussion of the Purification has reminded me of something I have
> wondered about for some time, and I’ll ask it now. We know that
> Benedict Biscop brought back to England the “chant for the liturgical
> year as it was sung in Rome” around 680. My question is not about the
> singing, but about what the liturgical year would have looked like at
> that time. What were the main feasts that would have been celebrated
> in Rome? In England, if different? What about art? Do we have any idea
> of the decoration of churches (in particular, statues or murals of
> saints or biblical episodes) at this time?
>
> Meg
>
> *From:* medieval-religion - Scholarly discussions of medieval
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> Of *Revd Gordon Plumb
> *Sent:* Monday, November 30, 2009 11:51 AM
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> *Subject:* Re: [M-R] Changing description of 2 February
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> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
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> Rosemary
>
> I forgot to mention that in the late medieval period scenes of the
> Purification were mostly accompanied by a procession of folk bearing
> candles. Curiously enough I have recently been scanning an image of
> this in the 12thC glass in the central west façade window at Chartres,
> devoted to the Childhood and Life of Christ.
>
> Gordon
>
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