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  • The semantron to Western ears: othering through sound

  • Alex Rodriguez Suarez
  • Journal:
    Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies / Volume 48 / Issue 2 / October 2024
    Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    18 April 2024, pp. 235-252
    Print publication:
    October 2024
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  • For centuries Eastern Churches only employed the semantron, usually an elongated piece of wood that is struck with a hammer, to gather the faithful. Eventually, most adopted bell ringing, even though semantra continue to be used by some Orthodox Churches. In the West bells were rung for the same purpose and the semantron was unknown. As a result, Western pilgrims, diplomats, and other travellers to the eastern Mediterranean were astonished and intrigued when they encountered the instrument. This article looks at their descriptions and discusses how the instrument and its sounds were used to other Oriental Christianity.

  • 9 - The Canon Law of the Eastern Churches

  • from Part I - The History of Medieval Canon Law
  • Edited by Anders Winroth, Universitetet i Oslo, John C. Wei
  • Book:
    The Cambridge History of Medieval Canon Law
    Published online:
    13 January 2022
    Print publication:
    27 January 2022, pp 142-170

  • Summary

    The sources of eastern canon law are customarily subdivided by rite or rite families: “rite” indicates the entire theological, liturgical, spiritual, and disciplinary tradition of a large geographic and cultural region. A rite family may consist of several independently organized churches. Ritual matters often explain relationships among different legal traditions and their development.