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It's late 13th century, and I only have the mention of it in the work's
table of contents, but Durandus' _Pontifical_ contains a blessing for a
new house. I get this from M. Andrieu's 1940 edition, Le Pontifical
Romain au Moyen-Age_.
John
On Fri, 6 Apr 2001, John Howe wrote:
> A friend has, with considerable effort, restored and almost completed the
> refurbishing of a 12th century private house in France.
>
> An authentic 12th-century house blessing would be in order, but was there
> such a thing in this period for domestic architecture? There are rubrics
> for consecrating churches, blessing bells, etc., but does anyone know of an
> early house blessing? Or is this post-Reformation?
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