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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture The churches I recall seem to be counter-clockwise. I can't say I've ever noticed this before! Jaye On 2014-04-16 6:36 PM, "Ms B M Cook" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture > I hope this isn’t too far OT. > > I’ve just got back from walking the Stations of the Cross in my (Church > of England) parish church. And something struck me as a bit odd. > > The fourteen panels are arranged in order staring at the EAST end of the > NORTH aisle; seven stations later we are at the WEST end of the NORTH > aisle. The final seven stations start at the WEST end of the SOUTH aisle > and continue to the EAST end of the SOUTH aisle (and incidentally to the > entrance to the Lady Chapel). > > Now it struck me forcibly that we had been walking round the inside of a > church WIDDERSHINS!!! (Walking round the OUTSIDE of a church WIDDERSHINS – > that is counter-clockwise – is considered to be at best unlucky, at worst > asking for demonic trouble.) > > Is this a mistake by our predecessors (the Stations were put up some > time in the 1950s.) and ought it to be corrected ? > > I have checked a number of websites but none of them describe the > relative architectural location of the images / pictures they employ. > > Can any of the list tell me > > if they have experiences a “widdershins” layout of the SoX in a church > or is it normally the other way round ? (ie clockwise) > > Does it matter ? Is there anything laid down about their configuration ? > (I do know that Stations must have a cross somewhere in the design.) > > Any other thoughts about walking round churches widdershins? > > Brenda > > Brenda M Cook > Independent Scholar. > ********************************************************************** 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 ********************************************************************** 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