Shaping Community: The Art and Archaeology of Monasticism: Papers from a symposium held at the Frederick R. Weisman Museum University of Minnesota March 10-12, 2000

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The 17 papers here stem from a symposium held at the University of Minnesota in March, 2000. Visiting monastic sites of all periods, from Clonmacnoise in Ireland, to Mount Athos, to Old Dongola on the Nile, this collection of essays shows the many variations of religious community, and of material evidence and the ways to use it. The aim has been to illuminate basic (art and architectural) issues concerning monasteries as communities, or parts of communities, and the insights gained provoke thought about other monastic experiences, within and without the Christian tradition. Front Cover Title Page Copyright Preface TABLE OF CONTENTS Opening Remarks Map of Major Sites Introduction Communal Meals and Sacred Space at Qumran Hermitages and Spatial Analysis: Use of Space at the Kellia The Monastery Nekloni in the Egyptian Forum Joining the Community of Saints: Monastic Paintings and Ascetic Practice in Early Christian Egypt Invisible in the Community? The Evidence for Early Women's Monasticism in the Southern Balkan Peninsula Feeding Communities: Monasteries and Urban Development in Early Medieval Ireland The Makurian Monasteries of Nubia Inside and Outside the Precinct Wall: The Communities at Cluny The Bordesley Abbey Precinct: The Definition and Use of Space in an English Cistercian Abbey How Much Space Did Medieval Nuns Have or Need? Architecture of Semi-Religiosity: The Beguinages of the Southern Low Countries, Thirteenth to Sixteenth Centuries Shaping a Monastery Settlement in the Late Byzantine Balkans Karyes, Capital City of Mount Athos: An Itinerary Vatopedi Monastery: An Example of an Athonite Monastery Glossary: Terms Relating to Organization and Architecture on Mt. Athos Monastic Lessons Benedictine Monastic Architecture: The Architectural Tradition Through Space and Time