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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture Laura, I am looking at the Repertorium poenitentiariae germanicum to see if the Apostolic Penitentiary granted licenses to be buried inside a church. No luck so far. Tom Izbicki Laura Jacobus wrote: > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Laura Jacobus" <[log in to unmask]> > To: "medieval-religion - Scholarly discussions of medieval religious > culture" <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: 13 April 2009 22:57 > Subject: Re: [SPAM]Re: [M-R] Fw: [M-R] burials in church (and in > chapels of ease) > > >> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and >> culture >> >> Thanks Jim. Goodall's book has been on my 'to do' list since it came >> out, so this was a helpful nudge! In answer to your question, the >> Scrovegni chapel (which is actually a church dedicated to St. Mary of >> Charity) was a 'prepositura', which I understand to be a private >> church outside the usual parish/diocesan system (though it still >> received an annual visitation by the bishop). Its 'preposito' >> (translatable as prevost?) headed a community of three or four >> Augustinian canons. Would that count as a college of canons? The >> founder is known to have made three endowments, the earliest of which >> was ten years after the church's foundation, and the surviving docs >> speak of maintaining 'appropriate divine offices and divine cult ' >> but don't say anything specific about memorial prayers. I think they >> were probably chantry endowments anyway, since he'd certainly added >> the apse and built himself a tomb in it by the time of the last >> endowment. The gap between foundation and endowment puzzles me - and >> that's why I'm still not sure whether he built the church with the >> intention of being buried there. To muddy the waters further, the >> family seems to have already had funerary chapels elsewhere in major >> Paduan churches. >> >> all best >> >> Laura >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "jbugslag" <[log in to unmask]> >> To: <[log in to unmask]> >> Sent: 13 April 2009 21:31 >> Subject: [SPAM]Re: [M-R] Fw: [M-R] burials in church (and in chapels >> of ease) >> >> >>> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and >>> culture >>> >>>> > Getting back the the Scrovegnis, there is a theory that the church >>>> > was intended as the founder's 'mausoleum' but I find this hard to >>>> > prove one way or another as he was eventually buried in an apsidal >>>> > chapel that was added to the original church. >>> >>> Laura, >>> Picking up on Tom's comment about chantries, this arrangement >>> emulates that in many >>> English parish churches, where the sanctuary is flanked on one side >>> by a rather large chapel >>> that serves as a chantry, often containing burials (lots of examples >>> in Colvin, Architecture and >>> the Afterlife). Ewelme, in Oxfordshire is a good example. The >>> lords of the manor had the >>> parish church rebuilt with just such a chantry, along with an >>> accompanying almshouse and >>> grammar school, and Alice de la Pole has a splendid tomb just >>> between the chantry and the >>> sanctuary, presumably to take advantage of Masses at either altar. >>> Although this is a 15th- >>> century example, there is a good recent study of it by John Goodall, >>> God's House at Ewelme >>> (Ashgate, 2001). >>> Did the Scrovegni Chapel, by the way, have merely a chaplain or a >>> college of canons? >>> Cheers, >>> Jim >>> >>> ********************************************************************** >>> To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME >>> to: [log in to unmask] >>> To send a message to the list, address it to: >>> [log in to unmask] >>> To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion >>> to: [log in to unmask] >>> In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: >>> [log in to unmask] >>> For further information, visit our web site: >>> http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html >> >> ********************************************************************** >> To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME >> to: [log in to unmask] >> To send a message to the list, address it to: >> [log in to unmask] >> To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion >> to: [log in to unmask] >> In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: >> [log in to unmask] >> For further information, visit our web site: >> http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html >> > > ********************************************************************** > To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME > to: [log in to unmask] > To send a message to the list, address it to: > [log in to unmask] > To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion > to: [log in to unmask] > In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: > [log in to unmask] > For further information, visit our web site: > http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html