Decani

Evensong in York Minster, looking down the nave from beside the main altar; notice the choir arrangement into decani or Dean's side (as seen here, the left side) and cantoris or Cantor's side (here, the right side).

Decani (/dɪˈkeɪnaɪ/; Latin: of the dean) is the side of a church choir occupied by the Dean.[1] In English churches this is typically the choir stalls on the south side of the chancel. The opposite side is known as Cantoris.[2]

The association of the Dean with the south side has propagated from the Sarum (now Salisbury Cathedral) liturgical norm, a practice that then propagated through pre-Reformation England and Wales.[3] There are some notable exceptions in the monastic cathedrals, where the senior cleric under the bishop was the prior; he often sat on the liturgical north.[3] Hence, in Durham Cathedral, St Davids Cathedral, Carlisle Cathedral and Southwell Minster, decani is on the north.

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Notes

  1. ↑ Kosovo is the subject of a territorial dispute between the Republic of Kosovo and the Republic of Serbia. The Republic of Kosovo unilaterally declared independence on 17 February 2008, but Serbia continues to claim it as part of its own sovereign territory. The two governments began to normalise relations in 2013, as part of the Brussels Agreement. Kosovo has received formal recognition as an independent state from 111 out of 193 United Nations member states.

References

  1. ↑ Latham, Alison (2002). The Oxford Companion to Music. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 345. ISBN 978-0-19-866212-9.
  2. ↑ Nobody's Son: Final Edition. Frank D. Keeling. Trafford Publishing, 27 Jun 2007
  3. 1 2 Hughes, Gareth (19 May 2016). "Pass Decani on the Gospel Side: and other adventures in spiritual choreography". Ad Fontes. Retrieved 14 June 2016.


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