Algunas consideraciones sobre el estudio de la liturgia procesional y paraliturgias a través del arte en la Orden de Predicadores en Castilla

Abstract

The study of liturgy and other ceremonies linked to it, as well as their relatio- nship with the art and architecture have been scarcely explored in the particular case of the Order of Preachers in Castile. Consequence of that has been the ignorance and a certain disregard of the Dominicans’ role in the definition and spreading of some devotional, liturgical and also theatrical practices. A second problem has been the absence of a gender approach in the analysis of both the li- turgy and art of the Order, as a result of the scattering of liturgical written sources coming from Castilian Dominican nunneries, as well as to the lack of a correct understanding of other “documents”: the buildings and the artistic and liturgical objects. The purpose of this article is to consider these problems. On one hand, showing how, as well as in the better known case of Franciscans, Dominicans also developed some devotional, liturgical and paraliturgical practices, being in some cases precursors. On the other hand, highlighting the role of nuns in the develo- pment of such ceremonies, as well as the originality and diversity of these rituals from one nunnery to another, showing also the importance of the liturgical local context’s influence.