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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture > > Getting back the the Scrovegnis, there is a theory that the church > > was intended as the founder's 'mausoleum' but I find this hard to > > prove one way or another as he was eventually buried in an apsidal > > chapel that was added to the original church. Laura, Picking up on Tom's comment about chantries, this arrangement emulates that in many English parish churches, where the sanctuary is flanked on one side by a rather large chapel that serves as a chantry, often containing burials (lots of examples in Colvin, Architecture and the Afterlife). Ewelme, in Oxfordshire is a good example. The lords of the manor had the parish church rebuilt with just such a chantry, along with an accompanying almshouse and grammar school, and Alice de la Pole has a splendid tomb just between the chantry and the sanctuary, presumably to take advantage of Masses at either altar. Although this is a 15th- century example, there is a good recent study of it by John Goodall, God's House at Ewelme (Ashgate, 2001). Did the Scrovegni Chapel, by the way, have merely a chaplain or a college of canons? Cheers, Jim ********************************************************************** 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