medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Bonnie Blackburn wrote:
>
>> Matins could never have been at midnight (see below).
>
> Luca Ricossa has responded about Notre-Dame in Paris.
And berated me for confusing "what should have been" and "what is true".
> I can't speak for mealtimes, but in Siena Cathedral Matins was celebrated
> shortly after midnight,
How "shortly"? For the Monastic Use (monks and nuns are most likely to have
got up during the night), most commentators seem to assume that Matins began
at 1.30 a.m. during the summer, and at about 2.30 a.m. during the winter.
> according to the early thirteenth-century ordinal.
> Amazingly, on feasts of nine lessons this also included polyphony
> ('organum').
> Lauds began at sunrise.
And that's the problem. Did Lauds run on directly after Matins, as it did
in most Uses?
John Briggs
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