The Etiquette of Pre-Reformation Confession in East Anglia
This article describes the Penance panels of the seven-sacrament fonts in East Anglia. These fonts, built between 1463 and 1544, have reliefs carved on the octagonal bowl. The administration of the sacraments appears on seven faces; the most common subjects for the eighth face are the crucifixion an...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sixteenth Century Journal Publishers, Inc.
1986
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The sixteenth century journal
Year: 1986, Volume: 17, Issue: 2, Pages: 145-163 |
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| Summary: | This article describes the Penance panels of the seven-sacrament fonts in East Anglia. These fonts, built between 1463 and 1544, have reliefs carved on the octagonal bowl. The administration of the sacraments appears on seven faces; the most common subjects for the eighth face are the crucifixion and the baptism of Christ. The fonts provide information about the etiquette observed in confession, the relative positions of confessor, confessant, and other waiting penitents, their gestures and postures. Two types of furniture predominate, the shriving stall in some Suffolk churches, and the faldstool elsewhere. In the faldstool churches it seems likely that the site for confession was immediately in front of the rood screen. The reliefs also support textural evidence that the priest used his hood to hide his face from the penitent. |
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| ISSN: | 2326-0726 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The sixteenth century journal
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/2540253 |