Hinton, I. (2004). Do chancels weep? Does the often noted difference between alignments of nave and chancel actually mean anything?. Church Archaeology 05-06. Vol 5-6, pp. 42-54. https://doi.org/10.5284/1081878. Cite this via datacite
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Do chancels weep? Does the often noted difference between alignments of nave and chancel actually mean anything? | ||
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Church Archaeology 05-06 | ||
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Church Archaeology | ||
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5-6 | ||
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42 - 54 | ||
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The possibility that the difference between the alignments of church nave and chancel had any meaning has been dismissed by writers in the past, but without any real data. Here, the results of a survey of almost 1000 medieval rural churches provide the opportunity to assess on a large scale whether there was any reason for these observed differences. The results demonstrate that differences in alignment are not random, but show ‘intend. Even though half of the misalignments are to the left and half to the right, the further the alignment of the nave is away from east, the more likely it is that the misaligned chancel will be closer to east than the nave. Similarly, the more modern the chancel, the greater the likelihood that it will be correcting the earlier ‘error’ in alignment. Even where naves and chancels appear to have been built at the same time, some chancels show alignment ‘improvement’, where the chancel is closer to east than the nave. | ||
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2004 | ||
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30 Sep 2020 |
