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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture It seems to me that one meets with better luck in relating liturgical dramas to church architecture, but maybe that doesn't count. Laura On 27 February 2013 00:36, John Briggs <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture > > Lest people think that I am making this stuff up about the > non-correspondence of liturgy and architecture: > > "Despite the growing authority of the Use of Sarum, developed in the > 12th century under the authoritative name of St Osmund as a model for > other secular cathedrals, and despite the seemingly ideal opportunity > of designing a brand new building expressly to suit its liturgy, only > general correspondences can be traced between liturgy and > architecture. It has been wisely remarked that the 'Consuetudinary and > Customary [of Sarum] are so detailed in matters of ceremonial, yet > curiously devoid of help in matters of liturgical and furnishing > arrangements' [Mount 1960, 672]" > > from: Thomas Cocke, "Historical Summary", p.6 in Thomas Cocke and > Peter Kidson, Salisbury Cathedral: Perspectives on the Architectural > History (Royal Commission on Historical Monuments of England, 1993). > > Needless to say, I have been looking for counter-examples for the last > twenty years. > > John Briggs > > ********************************************************************** > To join the list, send the message: subscribe 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: unsubscribe 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/medieval-religion > -- Dr. Laura Jacobus Senior Lecturer in History of Art Birkbeck College, University of London For details of my book on Giotto and the Arena Chapel see http://www.brepols.net/Pages/ShowProduct.aspx?prod_id=IS-9781905375127-1 ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: subscribe 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: unsubscribe 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/medieval-religion