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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture Regarding commemorative books, they were absolutely in use many places. Typologie des sources du moyen âge occidental fasc. 4 covers all the different types of record-keeping of this sort. The author is N. Huyghebaert and the title is: Les Documents Nécrologiques. Julian On Mar 31 2006, Ann Ball wrote: >medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture > >I ran across a reference that in c. 1500s England, the churches usually had >alms lamps (all souls or dead lamps) on or near the altar. In at least one >church this was a bowl with a taper in it; in at least one other it was an oil >lamp. I read one will where a man left money for it but Eamon Duffy in his >new book says that at that parish (the one he is writing about) it was >supported by small alms from the poor in memory of their dead. > >I am hoping that someone on this list may know a bit more about this type of >light and possibly even have a picture of one. I'd like to know if the >donations were normally from the poor and when and why the custom declined or >was forbidden. I'm guessing that it went out with many of the Purgatorian >practices due to the reformation but that's just a guess. > > >In case you are curious why I am even asking its because I write the >newsletter for the Basilian Fathers Missions (Latin American Apostolate). Our >biggest donations come in with our annual November (All Saints-All Souls) >newsletter. As a new (old) idea, this year we may do a little article on this >medieval custom and put an Alms Lamp in the chapel in Sugar Land (mission hdqtrs) >to burn for the month of November in memory of the dead mission priests and >co-missionaries (donors). But I'd really like to know a little more about it >and don't expect I can easily find much either in my home or the public >library on it. I actually found the first reference to it in a medieval murder >mystery, believe it or not! > >I'd also like to know if the churches of this time kept some sort of book >where they recorded the names of their dead. If so, what was it called? I >mean, of course, something commemorative and not just the parish register. > >thanks to anyone who wants to comment on this -- you can feel good in helpig >support the missions. > >Ann Ball > > >********************************************************************** >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 > -- Julian Hendrix King's College Cambridge CB2 1ST UK ********************************************************************** 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