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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture Hello Karl, You are not alone. I consider the term "minor arts" to be both odious and misleading. There is nothing minor about many of them. I refer to them as precious portable arts. Cheers, Jim ________________________________________ From: medieval-religion - Scholarly discussions of medieval religious culture [[log in to unmask]] on behalf of Christopher Crockett [[log in to unmask]] Sent: November 8, 2012 8:43 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [M-R] Ecclesiastical furniture? medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture thanks to the notice on this list a few weeks ago that the proceedings of the Met's Year 1200 conference are available online, i’ve been reading this interesting contribution: William Wixom, “The Greatness of the So-Called Minor Arts,” in The Year 1200 II: Background Survey (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1975), pp. 93-132 which has led me to begin writing --after several years of thinking about it-- a chapter of my book (to be published early in the next millennium) on “The Problem of Lost Monuments and the Implications of Destruction” although i knew that it would be difficult to write about “Lost Monuments” generally, i have discovered that properly illustrating such things is proving to be a much, much harder task. but, nonetheless, in keeping with the ancient Traditions of this list, i shall persevere, ad nauseum if necessary. Wixom is primarily concerned with “portable altars, book covers, crosses, crosiers, chalices, patens, candlesticks and large casket shrines” --which constitute the overwhelming majority of the “lost monuments” which i am interested in discussing the implications of. i have a question about the proper term to use to refer to most of the objects in that list, viz., portable altars, crosses, crosiers, chalices, patens, altar cloths, etc. however, calling all these objects “ecclesiastical furniture” sounds rather strange in English (since they can’t be sat on or lain on or even eaten off of), but i’m really drawing a Blank thinking of another term to use here. does anyone have any better suggestions about a term to use here? c ********************************************************************** 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