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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture Dendy mentions riddel posts occasionally, but he is certainly not "obsessed" with them. In fact, talking of the use of church lights in general, he claims that, while there were commonly disseminated usages through the Middle Ages, it was not until the Counter-Reformation that attempts at absolute standardization were made. On 05/09/2011 5:04 AM, John Briggs wrote: > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture > > Anglo-Catholics (such as the Alcuin Club) tend to be caricatured as > being obsessed with riddel-posts - so Dendy may be conforming to type. > > Ruichard W, Pfaff, in the "Introduction: The Study of Medieval > Liturgy" to his "Liturgical Calendars, Saints, and Services in > Medieval England" (1998) writes: > > "But it should be easy enough to distinguish the kinds of questions > that exercised the 'liturgiologists' a hundred years or so ago - for > example, is blue the 'authentic' colour for Advent, should a proper > 'English' altar have riddell posts and curtains - from the sorts of > investigations pursued in the present volume." > > John Briggs > > On 03/09/2011 17:23, Revd Gordon Plumb wrote: >> >> Riddels - curtains hanging at the side of an altar; hence the posts >> supporting them are known as riddel-posts. > > ********************************************************************** > 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 > > ********************************************************************** 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