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Dear Laura
There is another example of this type of west door
Gallery at St Canice's Cathedral in Kilkenny in Ireland which was begun by
Bishop Hugh de Mapilton around 1251-6 and completed around 1280. An article on
this type of gallery mentioning Wells, another English Cathedral and Kilkenny
appeared in a very recent addition of the Downside Review. Unfortunately I have
just last week sent it to be bound so I cannot give the exact
reference!
My recollection is that the author claims the
galleries were used for a sung dialogue between choirboys and adult choristers
as part of the Palm Sunday liturgy. He also gives the references to the texts
sung.
Colmán O'Clabaigh, OSB
Glenstal Abbey Library,
Murroe,
Co Limerick
Ireland
The material on the
hidden gallery behind the facade at Wells was new to me, and
fascinating. Does anyone know of other such examples (where it appears
that concealed voices were intended to ring out)?
Laura
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