The old service-books of the English Church . nd manner. The contents of the Pro-cessional are varied, the Hymn-book consists of onedistinct collection. The Processional had little or no ornament, and thebook, probably because it was required to be carried inprocessions, was at no time a large volume. The Processional, Brit. Mus. MS., Harl., 2,942, ofthe fourteenth century, is some eight inches high, andpractically without any ornament. It has some in-teresting inscriptions on the flyleaves. The Brit. Mus. MS., Harl., 2,945, of the fifteenthcentury is very similar to that mentioned above. Thew
The old service-books of the English Church . nd manner. The contents of the Pro-cessional are varied, the Hymn-book consists of onedistinct collection. The Processional had little or no ornament, and thebook, probably because it was required to be carried inprocessions, was at no time a large volume. The Processional, Brit. Mus. MS., Harl., 2,942, ofthe fourteenth century, is some eight inches high, andpractically without any ornament. It has some in-teresting inscriptions on the flyleaves. The Brit. Mus. MS., Harl., 2,945, of the fifteenthcentury is very similar to that mentioned above. Thewriting is, however, clearer, but the first leaves aremissing, the text now beginning at the Dominica QuartaAdventus On If. 97 is written :— this is John Wigthorps on the last page, perhaps by the hand of JohnWigthorp, is written :— Processyon into saynte bartyllmeues ; Christus into saynte marys ; felix into saynte pancracys ; filie into saynte James; candidi facti PROCESSION BEFORE MASS ON CHRISTMAS DAY I. SACRISTAN WITH VIRGE. 2. BOY WITH IDLY VVATEK. 3, 3, 3. THKEE Willi CROSSES. 4, 4. TWO TAPEUEKS. 5, 5- TWO THLKIIKRS. 6. SUHDEACON WITH EPISTLE-BOOK. 7. DEACON WITH GOSPEL. 8. 1RIKST, IN COlE AND AMICE. Woodcut from a printed Saturn Professional, /??? 5H> THE PROCESSIONAL 167 No miniatures appear in the manuscript copies of theProcessional : but, later on, in the printed copies, variouslittle pictures make their appearance in the text. Thesepictures have a special interest of their own, and areinserted for the purpose of representing the positionproper to each individual officiating in the services oncertain specified occasions. In the edition of the Sarum Processional printed in1528 eleven of these pictures are inserted in the text. Theyrepresent, in the different views given, the censer, theholy-water pot and sprinkler, banners, book, processionalcross, candles, mitre (indicating th
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