medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture******************************I'm intrigued by the reference in Arnold and Goodson's article to the use of clappers instead of bells in Holy Week. Jeremy Harte of the Epsom & Ewell Museum says this is still a custom in Europe: clappers instead of bells are used during Lent. Children have traditionally imitated this with clappers of their own. He wonders whether this has any connection with the C19 Welsh custom of children performing with clappers during Lent - is it (like some other folk traditions) a survival of medieval practice but divorced from its meaning?
Has anyone else come across medieval examples of clappers being used instead of bells in Lent, or of children's rituals associated with them?
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On 06/02/2018 15:03, John Shinners wrote:
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John H. Arnold and Caroline Goodson have an informative article, "Resounding Community: the History and Meaning of Medieval Church Bells," in Viator 43 No. 1 (2012) 99–130, which is available online as a pdf in several places, for instance at Academia.edu (!). It answers some of the questions raised in this thread but not the mention a restriction on the number of bells. It does mention that three was a recommended minimum, at least according to John Pecham's statues from c. 1279 or so: "tintinnabulo [for the Consecration, etc. I assume]," "campane manuales pro mortuis," and "campane in campanile et corde ad easdem."And I share Gordon's praise for Tom's book on the Eucharist in Canon Law. It's a goldmine.Best,John--
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