medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
You may well ask, John (and thanks for supplying the absent ref).
The conference I could just about live without, but missing a rite performed to follow a full medieval Use of Sarum in Salisbury cathedral itself has had me spitting blood...
Still, the news here is broadcast from a unique point of view....
Jon
> Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2008 01:05:21 +0000
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> Subject: Re: [M-R] Interesting carved panel
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> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
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> Jon Cannon wrote:
> >
> > It's a pretty well known panel. I believe the latest published
> > opinion on it is in the BAA Conference Transactions volume for
> > Southwell (Medieval Art and Architecture in Southwell and
> > Nottinghamshire, it would be called). Previous opinion was that this
> > was a tympanum (St Michael?) from the pre-Conquest minster, but this
> > article argues for an early post-Conquest date. Viking influence was
> > seen as unremarkable for the period, in that Southwell was in the
> > Danelaw and there was plenty of Scandinavian influence/population in
> > the area and had been for some time.
> >
> > I am in China at the moment and am aslo coping with a laptop collapse
> > (not to mention jetlag) so cannot verify the above -- the quickest
> > way to do so would be via a proper bibliographic reference, which
> > should be accessible via the publishers of this volume, Maney, whose
> > website contains detailed info for each BAA vol.
>
> Francis Kelly, "The Romanesque Crossing Capitals of Southwell Minster
> (together with a note on the lintel in the North transept and the tympanum
> at Hoveringham)" in J.S. Alexander (ed), Southwell and Nottinghamshire:
> Medieval Art, Architecture and Industry (British Archaeological Association
> Conference Transactions XXI) 1998, pp. 13-23 & plates V-X. ISBN
> 0901286915/0901286923 (pkk)
>
> Sorry, I haven't been paying proper attention...
>
> But what is Jon doing in China when he should be at Salisbury? (My excuse
> is that I had to chair a parish council meeting!)
>
> John Briggs
>
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