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This page has been left blank intentionally Frontispiece: Engraving of Old St Peter’s Basilica, Rome, c. 1450; reconstruction by H.W. Brewer, 1891. LITURGY AND ARCHITECTURE So frequently church buildings are treated as beautiful objects without appreciating why they vary from place to place and century to century, or how they were meant to function in the worship of God. Allan Doig is a sure guide to the drama of Christian liturgy and the ways in which it has shaped the spaces in which it is performed. Diarmaid MacCulloch, University of Oxford, UK The most important influences on the form of a building include functions, architectural traditions and innovations, availability of materials, and money. In the case of churches one of the chief functions is housing the liturgy, a subject which, to say the least, is difficult to pin down. Allan Doig’s book performs the sterling service of synthesising – and analysing – great swathes of the disparate research on the subject, producing a clear overview of how the Christian liturgy interacts with architecture from the first century to the sixteenth. It will be greatly welcomed by architectural historians. Eric Fernie, Courtauld Institute of Art, UK This is a panoramic survey of Christian church architecture as viewed through the lens of liturgy. It commands both of these complex fields with ease and with welcome attention to political history as well. I know nothing of comparable range and readability. Richard Pfaff, University of North Carolina, USA In this book Allan Doig explores the interrelationship of liturgy and architecture from the Early Church to the close of the Middle Ages, taking into account social, economic, technical, theological and artistic factors. These are crucial to a proper understanding of ecclesiastical architecture of all periods, and together their study illuminates the study of liturgy. Buildings and their archaeology are standing indices of human activity, and the whole matrix of meaning they present is highly revealing of the larger meaning of ritual performance within, and movement through, their space. The excavation of the mid-third-century church at Dura Europos in the Syrian desert, the grandeur of Constantine’s Imperial basilicas, the influence of the great pilgrimage sites, and the marvels of soaring Gothic cathedrals, all come alive in a new way when the space is animated by the liturgy for which they were built. Reviewing the most recent research in the area, and moving the debate forward, this study will be useful to liturgists, clergy, theologians, art and architectural historians, and those interested in the conservation of ecclesiastical structures built for the liturgy. The Revd Dr Allan Doig is Fellow, Chaplain and Tutor for Graduates at Lady Margaret Hall, and a member of the Faculty of Theology in the University of Oxford. LITURGY, WORSHIP AND SOCIETY SERIES EDITORS Dave Leal, Brasenose College, Oxford, UK Bryan Spinks, Yale Divinity School, USA Paul Bradshaw, University of Notre Dame, UK and USA Gregory Woolfenden, St Mary’s Orthodox Church, USA Phillip Tovey, Ripon College Cuddesdon, UK The Ashgate Liturgy, Worship and Society series forms an important new ‘library’ on liturgical theory at a time of great change in the liturgy and much debate concerning traditional and new forms of worship, suitability and use of places of worship, and wider issues concerning interaction of liturgy, worship and contemporary society. Offering a thorough grounding in the historical and theological foundations of liturgy, this series explores and challenges many key issues of worship and liturgical theology, currently in hot debate within academe and within Christian churches worldwide - issues central to the future of the liturgy, to public and private worship, and set to make a significant impact on changing patterns of worship and the place of the church in contemporary society. Other titles in the series: Liturgical Space Christian Worship and Church Buildings in Western Europe 1500–2000 Nigel Yates The Baptismal Liturgy of Jerusalem Fourth- and Fifth-Century Evidence from Palestine, Syria and Egypt Juliette Day First Communion Ritual, Church and Popular Religious Identity Peter McGrail Early and Medieval Rituals and Theologies of Baptism From the New Testament to the Council of Trent Bryan D. Spinks Reformation and Modern Rituals and Theologies of Baptism From Luther to Contemporary Practices Bryan D. Spinks Towards Liturgies that Reconcile Race and Ritual among African-American and European-American Protestants Scott Haldeman Liturgy and Architecture From the Early Church to the Middle Ages ALLAN DOIG Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, UK RO Routlegde U T LE D Taylor & Francis Group G E LONDON AND NEW YORK First published2008 by Ashgate Publishing Published 2016 by Routledge 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4RN 711 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10017, USA Routledge is an imprintof the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business Copyright© 2008Allan Doig Allan Doig has asserted his moral right under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, 1988, to be identified as the author of this work. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage orretrieval s ystem, without permission in writing from the publishers. Notice: Product or corporate names may be trademarks or registered trademarks, and are used only for identification and explanation without intent to infringe. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Doig, Allan Liturgy and architecture: from the early church to the Middle Ages. – (Liturgy, worship and society) 1. Liturgy and architecture 2. Church architecture 3. Church history – Primitive and early church, ca. 30–600 4. Church history – Middle Ages, 600–1500 I. Title 246.9’5 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Doig, Allan. Liturgy and architecture: from the early church to the Middle Ages / Allan Doig. p. cm. – (Liturgy, worship, and society) ISBN 978-0-7546-5272-4 (hardcover : alk. paper) – ISBN 978-0-7546-5274-8 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Liturgy and architecture. 2. Church architecture. I. Title. NA4605.D65 2008 246’.909–dc22 2007036257 ISBN 9780754652748 (pbk) For Belinda, John, Jamie, and Nick This page has been left blank intentionally Contents List of Plates xi List of Figures xiii Preface xvii Acknowledgements xix Introduction xxi 1 The Earliest Christian Worship and its Setting 1 2 Constantine, Continuity and Change in the Fourth Century 21 3 The Emergence of the Byzantine Rite and the Church Building as Sacrament 53 4 Late Antiquity in the West and the Gallican Rite 85 5 Carolingian Architecture and Liturgical Reform 109 6 Monasticism, Pilgrimage and the Romanesque 135 7 Gothic Architecture and the Latin Rite: From Origins to the Close of the Middle Ages 169 Bibliography 197 Index 211

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