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yet another tedious and unanswerable question (i got a million of 'em).
on the previous string i offered a corrupted text of Ivo's obituary.
"et....palpitam miri decoris construxit..."
should be "pulpitum".
which *some* people of the Art Hysterical Persuasion want to read as "Ivo
[caused to be] built a beautifully decorated choirscreen [_jubé_]."
neither DuCange nor Niermeyer know this "choirscreen" meaning, as best i can
make out.
does anyone happen to know of an instance where, c. 1115 (or before, or even
later), "pulpitum" is used to refer to a *choirscreen* rather than "pulpit"?
the text in Ivo's obit is, of course, ambiguous and either meaning for
"pulpitum" is, theoretically, possible.
if it ever existed, Ivo's choirscreen (or his "pulpit") has disappeared
without a trace.
the present choirscreen at Chartres is 16th-17th c., and replaces one from the
first half of the 13th c., which survives in some fragments (mostly in the St.
Piat chapel off the apse).
c
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