The Sepulchrum Domini Through the Ages: Its Form and Function

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Peeters Publishers, 2000 - Religion - 230 pages
TABLE OF CONTENTSPreface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VIII. REPRESENTATIONS OF THE HOLY SEPULCHREIntroduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3A. The Holy Sepulchre as a Separate Church Building. . . . . 71. Constantine the Great's Church of the Holy Sepulchre . 72. Churches of the Holy Sepulchre in Western Europe. 12a. Background . . . . . . . . 12b. The pilgrimage period . . . . . . . . 14c. The period of the Crusades. . . . . . 25B. The Holy Sepulchre in the Interior of the Church 451. Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 452. Holy Sepulchres Modelled on the Anastasis Tomb in Church Interiors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 473. Typology of the Holy Sepulchre in the Late Middle Ages. 53a. Background. . . . . . . . . . 53b. The altar as Holy Sepulchre . . . . . . 55c. The temporary Holy Sepulchre 56d. The moveable wooden Holy Sepulchre . 62e. The Holy Sepulchre in combination with a tabernacle . 68f The Holy Sepulchre in combination with a founder's tomb 77g. The Holy Sepulchre as a canopied monument 83h. The Holy Sepulchre as a separate recess in the wall. 90i. The Holy Sepulchre as a free-standing shrine . 102j. Conclusion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1084. The Entombment Group . . . . . . . . . . . . 109C. Diversity of Representations of the Holy Sepulchre . 1171. Revival of Holy Sepulchre Buildings. 1172. After the Council of Trent. 1243. The Twentieth Century . . . . . . . 132VI THE SEPULCHRUM DOMINIIl. USE OF THE HOLY SEPULCHREIntroduction . . . . . . . . . . .A. The Liturgy in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem 143B. The Function of the Holy Sepulchre in the Mediaeval Easter Liturgy of Western Europe. . . . . 1471. The ceremonial Easter Liturgy . 147a. Introduction . . . . . . . . . 147b. Adoratio crucis . . . . . . . . 150c. The ritual of depositio and elevatio . 151d Depositio. . . . 153e. Vigilia paschalis 165f Elevatio. . . . . 1672. The Easter Play. . 170C. The Holy Sepulchre as an Andachtsbild . 175D. Use of the Holy Sepulchre from the Middle Ages on 1811. After the Council of Trent . 1812. The Twentieth Century. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION . 193BIBLIOGRAPHY . . . . . 197LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS . 205INDEX OF PLACES . 207PLATES . . . . . 215.
 

Contents

A The Holy Sepulchre as a Separate Church Building
7
B The Holy Sepulchre in the Interior of the Church
45
Diversity of Representations of the Holy Sepulchre
117
Introduction
139
B The Function of the Holy Sepulchre in the Mediaeval Easter
147
The Holy Sepulchre as an Andachtsbild
175
Use of the Holy Sepulchre from the Middle Ages on
181
SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION
193
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
205
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