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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:
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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
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