. Parish life in mediaeval England . other was N 178 MEDI/EVAL PARISH LIFE placed in a pyx and put along with the cross, which had justbeen kissed and venerated, into what was known as theEaster Sepulchre. On the afternoon of Good Friday it was customary forpeople in the towns tomake visits to the variouschurches to pray at thesesepulchres. There is noexpense more constantlyrecorded in all the paro-chial accounts than thatfor the erection and tak-ing down of the EasterSepulchre. Generally, nodoubt, it was a more orless elaborate, althoughtemporary, erection ofwood, hung over withthe most preci
. Parish life in mediaeval England . other was N 178 MEDI/EVAL PARISH LIFE placed in a pyx and put along with the cross, which had justbeen kissed and venerated, into what was known as theEaster Sepulchre. On the afternoon of Good Friday it was customary forpeople in the towns tomake visits to the variouschurches to pray at thesesepulchres. There is noexpense more constantlyrecorded in all the paro-chial accounts than thatfor the erection and tak-ing down of the EasterSepulchre. Generally, nodoubt, it was a more orless elaborate, althoughtemporary, erection ofwood, hung over withthe most precious cur-tains and hangings whichthe church possessed,some of which were evenfrequently left for thisspecial purpose. Herein this chapel of repose the Blessed Sacrament was placedat the conclusion of the Mass of the Presanctified, and herethe priest and people watched and prayed before it till earlyin the morning of Easter day. There are, however, in England some interesting in-stances of permanent tombs being erected to serve as the. MM V^ ifBismmrmwmniMm. *ff!W!W^^W^ EASTER SEPULCHRE, ARNOLD, NOTTS CHURCH FESTIVALS 179 Easter Sepulchre. Some people in their wills left moneyto have a structure for the altar of repose, worthy of itspurpose, built over the spot on which they themselves desiredto be buried. After the morning service of Maundy Thursday, the highaltar, and then all the altars in the church, were stripped oftheir ornaments and cloths and were left bare, in memoryof the way our Blessed Lord was stripped of His garmentsbefore His crucifixion. In the evening of the same day allthe altars were washed with wine and blessed water, theminister saying at each the prayer of the Saint to whom thealtar was dedicated ; then he and all the clerks, havingdevoutly kissed the stone slab, retired in silence. Good Friday.—The chief feature in the morning serviceof Good Friday was undoubtedly the adoration of theCross and the ceremonial kissing of it, better known inEngland as the Cr
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