medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
On 24/06/2011 16:04, Cormack, Margaret Jean wrote:
>...the terms "chapel" and "oratory", I am faced with the task of using these
two terms to indicate different kinds of sites, "freestanding" ones and sites
within another religious building, such as a church or cathedral.
>Both are commonly called "chapel" in English, and one or the other is going
to have to be termed "oratory" for the purpose of searching in a database.
from an Art Hysterical point of view (esp. France in the High m.a.), i
definitely have never seen the term "oratory" used to refer to a chapel in a
larger church (come to think of it, i've never seen it used to refer to a
freestanding building, either).
i've certainly never seen it used (in either original or secondary sources) to
refer to a chapel in a secular building --say, a chapel in a castle.
seems like the term could be used to apply to any ecclesiastical part of a
building --including an otherwise secular building-- which was serviced (or
was documented to be serviced) by one or more capellanuses.
which means that i really don't know from "oratory."
is it purely an extra-francophone (British isles, Italy) term?
c
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