The analysis of patristic texts, conciliar canons and papal letters (4th-7th Centuries) shows that Christians were directly involved with spectacular events, even if they should give them up in order to become part of the Christian community. Despite the repeated prohibitions, dance and music are still crucial both in public and in private (e.g. the celebration of a marriage). They are also important in religious rites, thus entering into the Christian buildings, and references to these practices can be traced in the material sources, like inscriptions of musical instruments prohibited and dedicated to Christians actors and dancers of various kinds and representations of female performers on the sarcophagi.
Ὁ Χριστὸς ἀτιμότερος ὀρχηστοῦ φαίνηται παρ'ὐμῖν. Il rapporto dei cristiani con la musica e la danza nella tarda antichità
Mario Resta
2014-01-01
Abstract
The analysis of patristic texts, conciliar canons and papal letters (4th-7th Centuries) shows that Christians were directly involved with spectacular events, even if they should give them up in order to become part of the Christian community. Despite the repeated prohibitions, dance and music are still crucial both in public and in private (e.g. the celebration of a marriage). They are also important in religious rites, thus entering into the Christian buildings, and references to these practices can be traced in the material sources, like inscriptions of musical instruments prohibited and dedicated to Christians actors and dancers of various kinds and representations of female performers on the sarcophagi.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
