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Re: Building a small medieval church
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lugnet.castle
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Wed, 12 Jun 2002 23:20:35 GMT
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In lugnet.castle, Bruce Hietbrink writes:
> On tombs, these are often on one of the sides of the church in little
> alcoves, but I've also seen them in the back, behind the whole pulpit/altar
> area. This was in a big cathedral (the one in Cologne). Tombs can also be
> in an area apart from the sanctuary (perhaps in a basement?) with a little
> prayer area by each and a place to light candles.
Quite right, I had forgotten that. In Granada (southern Spain), there is a
cript below one of the cathedral's chapels, in which the remains of the
"Catholic kings" are buried. Very small, but impressive with all the artwork
in the above chapel.
I think cripts were more frequently used for "old bones", not so much for
burials. But this is just a guess...
Pedro
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| (...) Definitely need an altar. The central moment of the mass is communion. Every old church I've seen has both the altar and pulpit (though some pulpits are much more ornate stone-carved things, and others are little more than a stand. On tombs, (...) (22 years ago, 12-Jun-02, to lugnet.castle)
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