The practice of confession and Franciscan Observant churches: new architectural arrangements in Early Renaissance Italy

• Autores: Roberto Cobianchi
• Localización: Zeitschrift für Kunstgeschichte, ISSN 0044-2992, Vol. 69, Nº. 3, 2006, págs. 289-304
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Documents show that in the Observant branch of the Franciscan Order in early Renaissance Italy, there were two types of planning for confessionals: the use of cellulae in which confessor and penitent would have been together and a system of rooms, each with a small window looking into the church, which kept the two parts separate and allowed only the chance of hearing through a metal grill. The use of confessionals reflects a new and important feature of Franciscan Observant church design and furnishing, strongly shaped by the practical need to hear confession, one of the primary duties of the brotherhood.