medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
On Wednesday, July 26, 2006, at 7:56 am, christopher crockett wrote:
> surviving 11th c. choirstalls (or liturgical furniture of any sort)
> are not
> common on the ground (i know of Zero).
The church of St. Michael at Hildesheim (the "Hildesheimer Dom") has at
least two pieces of liturgical furniture dating from the building's
original adornment by bishop Bernward in the early eleventh century:
1) this paschal candlestick (commonly referred to as a column because of
its form and because it is an imitation of Trajan's column in Rome):
http://hvanilla.sakura.ne.jp/hildesheim/image/hildesheim14.jpg
http://hvanilla.sakura.ne.jp/hildesheim/image/hildesheim15.jpg
2) this great _corona_ (suspended holder for multiple lamps or candles)
used for extra illumination on special feasts:
http://hvanilla.sakura.ne.jp/hildesheim/image/hildesheim21.jpg
Both of these clearly had liturgical functions, albeit special ones.
I'm less certain about the liturgical use of altar candlesticks, such as
this early eleventh-century pair also from Hildesheim:
http://tinyurl.com/fl9og
On the other hand, baptismal fonts are certainly liturgical furniture.
There must be a few eleventh-century ones around. The only one I could
identify quickly from earlier posts is this in the baptistery of San
Giovanni at Galliano di Cantu' (CO) in Lombardy:
http://tinyurl.com/muv4u
Best,
John Dillon
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