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Title

Spaces for friars and nuns : mendicant choirs and church interiors in Medieval and early Modern Europe / edited by Haude Morvan ; with an introduction by Caroline Bruzelius.

Publication

• [Rome] : École française de Rome, 2022.
• ©2022

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Details

Additional Authors

Morvan, Haude

Description

377 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), plans; 24 cm.

Summary

"In the thirteenth century, mendicant orders introduced new ways of religious life that engaged the laity through preaching and conversion. Moreover, they founded new movements for religious women dedicated to prayer and contemplation, such as the Dominican nuns and the Poor Clares. In their churches, both friars and nuns were separated from the laity, either in choir precincts situated behind architectural screens, or in upper galleries raised above ground level. Before the widespread removal of these furnishings, therefore, medieval and early modern mendicant church interiors did not resemble the unified spaces we encounter today. This volume presents a series of European case studios which use textual and material evidence to reconstruct and analyze the internal divisions of churches between the thirteenth and the sixteenth century. Thus, the authors provide a broad under-standing of the variety, function, and meaning of the internal divisions that once conditioned the spiritual experience, function and meaning of sacred space for the laity as well as for the religious community."--Page 4 of cover.

Series Statement

Collection de l'École française de Rome, 0223-5099 ; 578

Uniform Title

Collection de l'École française de Rome ; 578.

Subject

• Religious architecture > Europe > History
• Choirs (Architecture) > Europe > History
• Space (Architecture) > Europe > History
• Friars > Europe > History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-361) and index.

Language (note)

• Contributions in English, French or Italian. Abstracts in English or French.

Contents

From early modern erudition to contemporary archaeology : methods and sources -- Malgorzata Krasnodebska-D'Aughton and Anne-Julie Lafaye, Spaces of movement and meditation : Franciscan choirs in Ireland -- Amélie Roger, Étude archéologique du chœur d'une église mendiante : les Dominicains d'Annecy -- Haude Morvan, "Ecco disperse tutte le memorie dell'Antichità !". La place du chœur dans les travaux des érudits dominicains de l'époque moderne -- Mendicant communities in a regional context central Italy -- Donal Cooper, Revisiting the Umbrian retro-choir : plurality and choice in the Medieval Franciscan church interior -- Michael G. Gromotka, Franciscan choir location as a model in Umbrian context : the case of S. Pietro in Perugia -- Joanne Allen, Mendicant choir relocations in the loral context : the case of lace sixteenth-century Florence -- Women's choirs : dominican nuns and poor clares -- Mercedes Piérez Vidal, "Estavan todas no coro e ben cantand' e leendo" : tipologie e funzioni dei con nei monasteri delle domenicane dal XIII al XVI secolo, con particolare riferimento alla Castiglia -- Valeria Danesi, S. Angelo di Panzo ad Assisi : luogo della memoria di santa Chiara. Un corso di sperimentazione architettonica damianita -- Giulia Rossi Vairo, Dalla cappella funeraria al coro : la sepoltura di Isabel d'Aragon, regina consorte del Portogallo, nel monastero di Santa Clara e Santa Isabel di Coimbra -- Panayota Volti, Le chœur des Cordelières de la rue de Lourcine, à Paris : configuration architecturale, fonctionnement, impact spatial.

Call Number

ReCAP 23-109530

ISBN

9782728315338

OCLC

• 1338026933
• AAL08184151-0001

Title

Spaces for friars and nuns : mendicant choirs and church interiors in Medieval and early Modern Europe / edited by Haude Morvan ; with an introduction by Caroline Bruzelius.

Publisher

[Rome] : École française de Rome, 2022.

Copyright Date

©2022

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Collection de l'École française de Rome, 0223-5099 ; 578

Collection de l'École française de Rome ; 578.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-361) and index.

Biography

Haude Morvan is an Associate Professor in the History of Medieval Art at the University Bordeaux Montaigne and a member of the Ausonius Institute. She is a former member of the French School in Rome. Her research interests centre on the mendicant orders. She published in 2021 "Sous les pas des frères" : les sépultures de papes et de cardinaux chez les Mendiants au XIIIe siècle.

Language

Contributions in English, French or Italian. Abstracts in English or French.

Added Author

Morvan, Haude, editor.

Research Call Number

ReCAP 23-109530