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Bruce,
I would take it as meaning "at the gates."  Some cities, like Trier, had 
chapels near their entrances;  but some of the free-standing crosses might 
have been in an open space within a gate.
Tom Izbicki

At 03:51 PM 2/26/2001 -0600, you wrote:
>medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
>
>Would the list members be able to help me? I've run across a gloss in a late
>twelflth-century canon law manuscript referring to a cross "in ingressu
>civitatis". The manuscript is of, likely, northern English origins, though
>the house is uncertain. I thought that crosses were most frequently at
>markets and "crossroads"; but I'm really ignorant. A cross at the entrance?
>Where? Any help will be greatly appreciated, Bruce Brasington.
>
>Carlos Sastre wrote:
>
> > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
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> > Dear Victoria:
> >
> > There is the excellent work by John Lowden, _The Making of the Bible
> > Moralisée_ (2 vols), Pennsylvania UP, 2000
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Victoria Reed
> > >
> > > Dear all,
> > >
> > > Does anyone know if there has been any recent work (last 3 years or so)
> > done
> > > on Moralized Bibles? I am particularly interested in the New Testament
> > > volumes and their illustrations.
> > >
> > > Many thanks,
> > >
> > > Victoria Reed
> >
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