medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
> I'm using a descriptionof sacra rappresentatione in which the holy spirit in the form of a dove
> descends 'per clero'. Normally these things wizz down from high places, so I wonder whether
> this could in some way have the meaning of 'from a clerestory'. All the dictionaries I've
> consulted would lead to the dove descending 'by the agency of a cleric' which seems rather
> unsatisfactory to me. How were clerestories referred to in medieval latin?
Laura,
I believe that, at Chartres Cathedral, doves were released into the church (at
Pentecost??) through a hole in one of the vault bosses. The Medieval Latin Word
list has "clera" meaning "aperture" which would fit such a usage.
Cheers,
Jim Bugslag
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