medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Coincidentally, the other day, I was reading Stephen
Green's article on The London Charterhouse in the latest edition of The
Historian (HA magazine, winter 2010). It says 'The chapel [of the modern
Charterhouse charity] lies on the site of the medieval chapter house... Until
recently, it was thought that the chapel stood on the site of the abbey
church. To the right of the Jacobean communion table can be seen the
remains of a medieval piscina where the priest would have washed his hands
during mass. Scholars had forgotten that every Carthusian establishment
had to install an altar in the chapter house. The medieval church lay to
the south of the present building.'
For more information, it may be wroth
consulting:
Stephen Porter, The London Charterhouse (Amberley
Publishing,Stroud, 2009)
Stephen Porter, Charterhouse:the Official Guide (Amberley
Publishing,Stroud, 2009)
JM Luxford (ed), Studies in Carthusian Monasticism in the
Late Middle Ages (Brepols, 2008)
Rosemary Hayes
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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion
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Chapter Houses in Europe often have altars, for example in an
eastern chapel (two examples, collegiate Roncesvalles, now in northern Spain;
Fransiscan Santa Croce, Florence). But this never happens in
England, and I've often wondered why. So very interested in any further
examples from English contexts.
Jon
Web:
http://joncannon.wordpress.com (blog and main
website)
http://joncannonschurches.wordpress.com (subsidiary
blog)
> Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2011 21:34:28
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Carthusian chapter houses
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> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and
culture
>
> Looking at the groundplans of some English
Charterhouses recently, I
> noticed that the chapter house adjoined the
presbytery of the chapel,
> and had an altar marked (and I vaguely
remember an altar in the chapter
> house at Parkminster.) Does anyone
know the reason for this? And were
> the Carthusians unique in having
altars in their chapter houses?
>
> John
Briggs
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