The separate baptistry remains in Italian cathedrals. The Lateran's
survives. Also those in Siena, Parma, Pisa & Florence.
Tom Izbicki
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> Date: Tue, 06 Feb 2001 18:31:51 +0000
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> Reply-To: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
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> Subject: Re: cathedrals
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> > I think Paris had con-cathedrals during the
> > Carolingian period, Saint-Etienne and perhaps N-D.
> > This is based on a very old book and someone may have
> > more accurate info on Paris' situation.
> > MG
>
> This is not quite the same thing. Cathedral complexes containing
> more than one church, as well as a separate baptistry, were quite
> common in the early Middle Ages. Although in some instances there
> are references to "summer" and "winter" churches,etc., I don't
> believe much is known about the way that such complexes worked.
> There is much good information on them in Alain Erlande-Brandenburg's
> The Cathedral, a book that would be much, much more useful if it had
> footnotes!
> Cheers,
> Jim Bugslag
>
