Secret Spaces: Sacred Treasuries in England 1066–1320 / / Lesley Milner.

• Superior document: Art and Material Culture in Medieval and Renaissance Europe ; 23
• VerfasserIn: Milner, Lesley,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, 2024.; ©2024
• Year of Publication: 2024
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Art and Material Culture in Medieval and Renaissance Europe ; 23; Late Antiquity and Medieval Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2024.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (268 pages)

The medieval treasure house, consisting of sacristy, vestry and treasure rooms was the depository for the ecclesiastical treasure belonging to a church, holy vessels, vestments, altar hangings, candlesticks and priceless liturgical books and reliquaries. It was carefully designed to convey the message of its status and function. A book devoted to these medieval museums which housed such precious materials is long overdue. Ironically, the interest in the objects that they conserved has often resulted in ecclesiastical treasure being removed to new museums, leaving their former places of protection in need of protection themselves.

Table of Contents

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Figures -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 The Treasure House, Its Chambers and Function -- 1 Location and Function -- 1.1 Location -- 1.2 Function -- 1.2.1 Storage of Eucharistic Vessels and the Sacrament -- 1.2.2 Washing of Eucharistic Vessels and Cloths -- 1.2.3 Storage of Ecclesiastical Treasures -- Chapter 2 Precedents of English Treasure Houses -- 1 Treasure Houses of the Bible -- Chapter 3 Hidden Assets: Conserving the Treasures of the Great Norman Monasteries, Part 1 -- 1 Early Norman Benedictine Sacristies and Treasure Rooms -- 1.1 Canterbury -- 1.2 Winchester -- 1.3 Ely -- 1.4 Gloucester -- 2 Cistercian Sacristies and Treasure Rooms -- Chapter 4 Hidden Assets: Conserving the Treasures of the Great Norman Monasteries, Part 2 -- 1 Ely -- 2 Canterbury -- Chapter 5 Hidden Assets: Conserving the Treasures of the Great Norman Monasteries, Part 3 -- 1 The 'Treasury' at Winchester Cathedral -- 2 The Vestiarium at Canterbury Cathedral -- Chapter 6 Treasure Houses of Secular Canons, Part 1 -- 1 Old Sarum, St Osmund's Church -- 2 Old Sarum, Bishop Roger's Church -- 3 Hereford Cathedral -- 4 The Treasure House of Ripon Minster -- 5 The Treasure House of Nidaros Cathedral, Trondheim -- 6 The Plans and Forms of the Treasure Houses of Ripon Minster and Trondheim Cathedral -- Chapter 7 Treasure Houses of Secular Canons, Part 2 -- 1 Salisbury -- 2 The Treasure House of the Cathedral of Saint-Omer, Pas-de-Calais, Northern France -- 3 Beverley Minster -- 4 Wells Cathedral -- Chapter 8 The Treasure Chambers of Westminster Abbey, 1245-69 -- 1 The Treasure of Westminster Abbey -- 1.1 Altar Treasures -- 1.2 Relics -- 1.3 The Regalia -- 1.4 Money -- 1.5 Documents -- 2 The 11th-Century Abbey and Church (Begun 1042) -- 3 Henry III's Abbey Church at Westminster.

4 Treasure Chamber 1: St Faith's Chapel, the Sacristy of Henry III's Church -- 5 Treasure Room 2: the Chapter House Crypt -- 6 Treasure Room 3: the Muniment Room -- 7 Treasure Room 4: the Sacristaria -- Chapter 9 The Treasure Houses of Secular Canons at Lichfield, Lincoln, and Exeter Cathedrals, c.1250-1300 -- 1 Lichfield Cathedral Treasure House -- 2 Lincoln Cathedral Treasure House -- 3 The Treasure Houses of Exeter Cathedral -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.