medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Bonjour,
le 14.10.2005, vous avez écrit:
> Laura Jacobus <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> In the course of somethng I'm writing at the moment, I blithely wrote
> that 'most early church dramas were originally perfomed by and for the
>clergy in the privacy of their choirs
Even in this case, I don't think that the choir wall (Jube-Lettner)
already developped in carolingian times, when early liturgical
dramas are thought to have developped. This means that people
in the nave will have free sight into the choir. The choir wall also
had at least one door through which one could see inside. I agree,
only few people could see. But look at the frescoes representing
the "presepio" of St Francis in Greccio: he is acting in the choir,
but people are looking from everywhere.
As for the Quem Quaeritis trope, when integrated into a drama,
it involves movements toward and from the baptistery (the
sepulcre), that is: through the nave. And here we are speaking
of early church drama.
Indeed, early church drama was simply part of the common
liturgical action and only gradually went to be separated from
it. Some scholars think of a syriac origin of church drama, where
it is still today part of some celebrations involving the presence of
the congregation
Avec mes meilleures salutations
--
Luca Basilio Ricossa
http://lrs.club.fr/
#Conservatoire de Genève--Schola Cantorum Basiliensis#
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