Nomina Inserere Voluerint, Non Prohibeatur. Nominal Inscriptions Inside the Altar in the North-East of the Iberic Peninsula (9th-13th Centuries)
Marianne Blanchard
Some manuscripts of the 11th and 12th centuries preserved in Catalonia present a specific rite when bishop had to consecrate church. In altar he placed relics, three fragments hosts, grains incense small parchments on which was written information about consecration, ten commandments beginning four gospels. The Catalan consecration ritual corresponded liturgical codification, Catalan-Narbonne ordo, is generally accepted have been strictly followed. However, archaeological excavations carried out pre-Romanesque Romanesque churches since 19th century often brought light practice that not codified these texts: modest containers wood, stone or alabaster contained relics engraved with names. This paper dedicated nominal inscriptions from ritual, found inside altars.
Fenestella. Dentro l'arte medievale