medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Regards,
John Briggs
On 04/02/2011 17:42, Christopher Crockett wrote:
> From: Dr Jim Bugslag<[log in to unmask]>
>>
>> At S. Croce, perhaps it had something to do with the chapter house doubling
>> as a burial chapel.
>>
>> Burials of at least abbots were quite common in monastic chapter houses.
>
> is this true in pre-13th c. Benedictine practice, Jim?
>
> i can't recall ever seeing the notice of an abbot's burial in a chapter house
> in, say, any obituary notices.
>
> but, come to think of it, i can't think of ever having seen any early written
> evidences of "chapter houses" in any sort of source --save for a considerable
> number of charters, which are said to have been issued "in capitulum" (which i
> don't take to mean exactly the same thing).
Why not? The chapter house would have been the most convenient available
room.
But the Sarum "Missa in capitulo" *wasn't* celebrated in the chapter
house - it seems to have been celebrated in the presence of the entire
chapter, either before or after the chpter meeting.
> did the Cistercian plant their Main Guys in the chapter "house"?
>
> i've seen a few drawerings of tombs in the walls of choirs (there are the
> quite nice sculpted [architectural] remains of at least one pre-1150 example
> at Pontigny --Hugh of Macon, i believe), but in chapter houses?
Burial in a chapter house was, I believe, quite normal in an English
monastic context. But only the Carthusians seem to have had altars in
their chapter houses.
John Briggs
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