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 studies 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 understanding 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.
págs. 1-14
Spaces of movement and meditation: franciscan choirs in Ireland
págs. 17-43
Étude archéologique du chœur d’une église mendiante: les dominicains d’Annecy
págs. 45-64
"Ecco disperse tutte le memorie dell’Antichità!": la place du chœur dans les travaux des érudits dominicains de l’époque moderne
págs. 65-78
Revisiting the Umbrian retro-choir: plurality and choice in the medieval Franciscan church interior
págs. 81-150
Franciscan choir location as a model in Umbrian context: the case of S. Pietro in Perugia
págs. 153-188
Mendicant choir relocations in the local context: the case of late sixteenth-century Florence
págs. 189-223
"Estavan todas no coro e ben cantand’ e leendo": tipologie e funzioni dei cori nei monasteri delle domenicane dal XIII al XVI secolo, con particolare riferimento alla Castiglia
págs. 227-258
S. Angelo di Panzo ad Assisi: luogo della memoria di santa Chiara. Un caso di sperimentazione architettonica damianita
págs. 259-276
Dalla cappella funeraria al coro: la sepoltura di Isabel d’Aragona, regina consorte del Portogallo, nel monastero di Santa Clara e Santa Isabel di Coimbra
págs. 277-300
Le chœur des Cordelières de la rue de Lourcine, à Paris: configuration architecturale, fonctionnement, impact spatial
Panayota Volti
págs. 301-316
págs. 317-325
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