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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture chances are at that early of a period there would have been no permanent seats, those attending mass would have stood, or brought their own or stools. there is a long tradition of seating according to status and sex--check out margaret aston's article "Segregation in Church." Studies in Church History 27 (1990): 237-94. miriam gill has also written on english wall paintings and has some things to say about the placement of paintings vis-a-vis seating. she has an article "Female piety and impiety: selected images of women in wall paintings in england after 1300" in Gender and Holiness: Men, women, and saints in late medieval Europe eds. Samantha riches and Sarah Salih (London: Routledge, 2002),101-120. At 05:41 AM 2/28/2003 +0000, you wrote: >medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture > >Dear Colleagues: > >I am a graduate medieval art history student writing a research paper on >the nave frescoes (c. 1100) at St.-Savin-sur-Gartempe in France. Here is >my question: where would various segments of the congregation have been >placed during the Mass and would there have been processions through the >church? The frescoes are on the barrel vault of the hall church and I am >trying to determine if there was an optimal viewing space (if so, and the >spaces were regulated, then they were aimed at a specific audience). The >frescoes are of Genesis/Exodus scenes but are set up in a zig-zag order, >perhaps in response to a procession; I don't know. > >Does anyone know of sources where I might find out about designated spaces >during Mass and about processions? > >If anyone has further theories, I'd be glad to hear them; off-list >discussions are also welcome. > >Thanks, >Patricia Kiernan >Rutgers University >[log in to unmask] > >********************************************************************** >To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME >to: [log in to unmask] >To send a message to the list, address it to: >[log in to unmask] >To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion >to: [log in to unmask] >In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: >[log in to unmask] >For further information, visit our web site: >http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html