Ritual. Medieval Liturgy and the Senses: The Case of the Mandatum
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Ritual. Medieval Liturgy and the Senses : The Case of the Mandatum. / Petersen, Nils Holger.
The Saturated Sensorium: Principles of Perception and Mediation in the Middle Ages. ed. / Hans Henrik Lohfert Jørgensen; Henning Laugerud; Laura Katrine Skinnebach. Aarhus : Aarhus Universitetsforlag, 2015. p. 180-205.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review
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TY - CHAP
T1 - Ritual. Medieval Liturgy and the Senses
T2 - The Case of the Mandatum
AU - Petersen, Nils Holger
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - This chapter discusses the combined uses of several media in medieval church rituals. Assessing the application of a (modern) notion of ritual to medieval liturgical ceremonies, it points out how these 'rituals' worked through a sensory combination of words, music, architectural setting, and movement within that setting. Also visual artefacts and in some cases, the 'sacramental' use of material objects were involved. In a particular ceremony, carried out since Antiquity on the basis of John 13:1-17, the narrative of Jesus washing the feet of the disciples, the singing of chants was combined with the actual washing of the feet of either monks or poor people. The combination of words and melodies with elaborate melismas, and the further sensorial staging and setting of the ceremony produced a 'polyphony' of media, which can be analysed by way of early medieval notions of sacrament. The chapter also demonstrates how this sacramental 'polyphony' of media remained important for medieval ceremonies, even when the notion of sacrament was theologically narrowed during the twelfth and the following centuries.
AB - This chapter discusses the combined uses of several media in medieval church rituals. Assessing the application of a (modern) notion of ritual to medieval liturgical ceremonies, it points out how these 'rituals' worked through a sensory combination of words, music, architectural setting, and movement within that setting. Also visual artefacts and in some cases, the 'sacramental' use of material objects were involved. In a particular ceremony, carried out since Antiquity on the basis of John 13:1-17, the narrative of Jesus washing the feet of the disciples, the singing of chants was combined with the actual washing of the feet of either monks or poor people. The combination of words and melodies with elaborate melismas, and the further sensorial staging and setting of the ceremony produced a 'polyphony' of media, which can be analysed by way of early medieval notions of sacrament. The chapter also demonstrates how this sacramental 'polyphony' of media remained important for medieval ceremonies, even when the notion of sacrament was theologically narrowed during the twelfth and the following centuries.
M3 - Book chapter
SN - 978 87 7124 313 0
SP - 180
EP - 205
BT - The Saturated Sensorium
A2 - Jørgensen, Hans Henrik Lohfert
A2 - Laugerud, Henning
A2 - Skinnebach, Laura Katrine
PB - Aarhus Universitetsforlag
CY - Aarhus
ER -
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