medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
On 01/04/2010 16:31, Jon Cannon wrote
> There are very nicely carved ones at hte regulation height and intervals around the C13 exterior of Salisbury cathedral, just one way in which that church can be portrayed as a post-Lateran IV 'model' church.
The exterior consecration crosses at Salisbury are of brass, set into
stone (purbeck marble?) This could only have been done when the stone
was horizontal, so Tim Tatton-Brown has suggested that they doubled as
"foundation stones" for the ceremony in April 1220.
John Briggs
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