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Good point, George,
The tenor of Meg's original question, though, suggested free-standing
statues within churches, which were a much later development. If
anything, the standing crosses were probably replacements for churches,
rather than decorations of them.
Cheers,
Jim
> And of course the great standing crosses, such as Ruthwell and
> Bewcastle in England, and in Ireland, often feature sculpted figures
> and texts.
>
> GHB
>
> On Nov 30, 2009, at 2:05 PM, Dr Jim Bugslag wrote:
>
>> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
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>> 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:
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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
>>> religious culture [mailto:[log in to unmask]] *On
>>> Behalf 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
>>>
>>> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and
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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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