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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture On 02/08/2012 17:25, Graham Jones wrote: > > Stocker and Everson's thesis (from memory!) is that coffins lay overnight in the ground-floor tower room before the funeral service. The funeral procession leaving the church via the west door of the tower. > The passing bell, summoning the Psychopomp (wonderful term - the role shared by Michael and Charon), was rung from bell chambers newly fashionable in the period and detectable where surviving by the diagnostic openings. The openings being positioned so that the exact moment that the body was lowered into the grave could be observed, and the bell silenced. John Briggs ********************************************************************** 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