medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
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>
> Here's the opening of the second book of William Durandus' Pontifical
> (c. 1295). The consecration of a church's foundation stone
> complicates the question of what happens if construction of the
> church is never completed. Interesting that he makes a distinction
> between dedicating an altar and consecrating a church.
>
At one point Tim Tatton-Brown had a theory about the consecration crosses at
Salisbury Cathedral having been laid as foundation stones - I don't know if
he still thinks that. (The point is that the brass crosses could only be
set in the stones while they were horizontal, they can't be fixed with the
stones in their present vertical position. So the stones themselves must
have been set in position before the walls above them were built.)
John Briggs
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