Learnings: Monasteries: A Quiet Place - Revision history

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	[[File:DTVA - Monastic sign language details.jpg\|thumb\|250px\|Details on common expressions in monastic sign language / 11th cent]]		[[File:DTVA - Monastic sign language details.jpg\|thumb\|250px\|Details on common expressions in monastic sign language / 11th cent]]
	Still, there are strong indications that early [[Middle Ages\|medieval]] [[Church\|monasteries]] were not always as silent or as calm as they should have been. The central social role that monastic houses played in local affairs meant that they ~~reeived~~ a steady influx of visitors—and their noise.		Still, there are strong indications that early [[Middle Ages\|medieval]] [[Church\|monasteries]] were not always as silent or as calm as they should have been. The central social role that monastic houses played in local affairs meant that they received a steady influx of visitors—and their noise.

	However, this did not mean that "absolute" silence unattainable.		However, this did not mean that "absolute" silence unattainable.

	To avoid breaking the silence or disrupting a mandatory activity, such as reading during a meal, 10th-century [[Scholar\|monks]] and nuns developed a sign language. ~~Theis~~ was known as the ''monasteriales indicia'', or, the {{Wiki\|Monastic sign ~~language~~\|monastic signs}}. This sign language made it possible to maintain a complex discussion without disturbing the sacred silence of the monastery. Here is an excerpt from a manuscript explaining how to ask for soap using the ''monasteriales indicia'': by rubbing one's hands together.		To avoid breaking the silence or disrupting a mandatory activity, such as reading during a meal, 10th-century [[Scholar\|monks]] and nuns developed a sign language. This was known as the ''monasteriales indicia'', or, the {{Wiki\|Monastic sign languages\|monastic signs}}. This sign language made it possible to maintain a complex discussion without disturbing the sacred silence of the monastery. Here is an excerpt from a manuscript explaining how to ask for soap using the ''monasteriales indicia'': by rubbing one's hands together.
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imported>Lady Kyashira at 14:34, 25 December 2021

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	Still, there are strong indications that early [[Middle Ages\|medieval]] [[Church\|monasteries]] were not always as silent or as calm as they should have been. The central social role that monastic houses played in local affairs meant that they reeived a steady influx of visitors—and their noise.		Still, there are strong indications that early [[Middle Ages\|medieval]] [[Church\|monasteries]] were not always as silent or as calm as they should have been. The central social role that monastic houses played in local affairs meant that they reeived a steady influx of visitors—and their noise.

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			Still, there are strong indications that early [[Middle Ages\|medieval]] [[Church\|monasteries]] were not always as silent or as calm as they should have been. The central social role that monastic houses played in local affairs meant that they reeived a steady influx of visitors—and their noise.
	Still, there are strong indications that early medieval monasteries were not always as silent or as calm as they should have been. The central social role that monastic houses played in local affairs meant that they reeived a steady influx of ~~visitors - and~~ their noise.

	However, this did not mean that "absolute" silence unattainable.		However, this did not mean that "absolute" silence unattainable.

	To avoid breaking the silence or disrupting a mandatory activity, such as reading during a meal, 10th-century monks and nuns developed a sign language. Theis was known as the monasteriales indicia, or, the monastic signs. This sign language made it possible to maintain a complex discussion without disturbing the sacred silence of the monastery. Here is an excerpt from a manuscript explaining how to ask for soap using the monasteriales indicia: by rubbing one's hands together.		To avoid breaking the silence or disrupting a mandatory activity, such as reading during a meal, 10th-century [[Scholar\|monks]] and nuns developed a sign language. Theis was known as the ''monasteriales indicia'', or, the {{Wiki\|Monastic sign language\|monastic signs}}. This sign language made it possible to maintain a complex discussion without disturbing the sacred silence of the monastery. Here is an excerpt from a manuscript explaining how to ask for soap using the ''monasteriales indicia'': by rubbing one's hands together.

	[[Category:Discovery Tour: Viking Age]]		[[Category:Discovery Tour: Viking Age]]

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Still, there are strong indications that early medieval monasteries were not always as silent or as calm as they should have been. The central social role that monastic houses played in local affairs meant that they reeived a steady influx of visitors - and their noise.

However, this did not mean that "absolute" silence unattainable.

To avoid breaking the silence or disrupting a mandatory activity, such as reading during a meal, 10th-century monks and nuns developed a sign language. Theis was known as the monasteriales indicia, or, the monastic signs. This sign language made it possible to maintain a complex discussion without disturbing the sacred silence of the monastery. Here is an excerpt from a manuscript explaining how to ask for soap using the monasteriales indicia: by rubbing one's hands together.

[[Category:Discovery Tour: Viking Age]]