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Is your friend interested only in churches? I am doing work on a 2nd
century B.C. rock cut, acoustical theatre in north-east India. yrs,
tom ault
On Wed, 21 Apr 2004 11:48:31 +0100
Rob Howe <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>Is he interested in Slavic/Byzantine churches as well as Western? The
>9th Century church of St John the Baptist, in Nessebar on Bulgaria's
>Black Sea coast, has acoustic apertures in it high up in the
>walls/ceiling (not jars though). I can't recall much about them, but
>I was standing staring at them having them explained to me by a tour
>guide in August. Are such features commonplace? I should have paid
>more attention...
>
>Best wishes.
>
>Rob.
>
>
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> From: Katherine Lewis
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> Subject: [M-R] Acoustic Jars in Churches
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> Dear all,
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> I am posting this query on behalf of a friend, Damian Murphy, who's
>a lecturer in the electronics department at the University of York.
>He's an expert on acoustics and has recently been doing some work on
>medieval church acoustics. He's particularly interested in acoustic
>jars (for example the ones in Lyddington Church) and although he is
>aware of work in this area written from a technical perspective, he
>would like advice on any contextual discussions that may have been
>produced by medievalists. For example, he would like to know whether
>there are medieval texts that discuss these jars and their function,
>or any arguments that have been put forward as to why particular
>churches may have them, and how they might relate to music, the
>litany, or even the delivery of sermons perhaps? We'd be very
>grateful for any references, or indeed for any ideas that anyone has
>relating to this question.
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> Many thanks!
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>
>
> Katherine
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> Dr Katherine J. Lewis
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