. Military and religious life in the Middle Ages and at the period of the Renaissance. from the Psalmody of St. Louis.—Manuscriptof the Thirteenth Century, in the National Library, Paris. precede the feast of the Ascension. This procession was ordered for thewhole of France by the Council of Orleans in 511 ; but it only came intouse at Rome towards the close of the eighth century, under Pope Leo III. The procession which precedes the mass of Ascension Thursday is ofthe highest antiquity; but nowhere was it carried out with greaterceremony, or attended by a larger number of pilgrims, than at th
. Military and religious life in the Middle Ages and at the period of the Renaissance. from the Psalmody of St. Louis.—Manuscriptof the Thirteenth Century, in the National Library, Paris. precede the feast of the Ascension. This procession was ordered for thewhole of France by the Council of Orleans in 511 ; but it only came intouse at Rome towards the close of the eighth century, under Pope Leo III. The procession which precedes the mass of Ascension Thursday is ofthe highest antiquity; but nowhere was it carried out with greaterceremony, or attended by a larger number of pilgrims, than at the churchbuilt in Palestine by St. Helen, mother of Constantine, on the very spotwhere the ascension took place, and where still might be seen on the stone LITURGY AND CEREMONIES. 241 the last footprints of our Saviour, as He left this earth and ascended toheaven. In fact, in the Middle Ages there were an immense number of festivalswhich gave rise to processions (Fig. 196) and to other religious must not be forgotten that all great festivals were indifferently termed. HUVDT Fig. 198.—The Adoration of the Magi—From a pax attributed to Maso Finiguerra (FifteenthCentury), preserved at Florence. One of the kings is on his knees, and has taken off hiscrown to present incense and myrrh to the Infant Jesus ; the others are riding towards themanger, escorted by their varlets and pages, and followed by a long caravan; there are angelson the roof playing the viol and the lute. Easters. The anniversary of the resurrection of Jesus Christ was the greatEaster, and in order to prepare worthily for it, the body was purified by baths,and the hair and the beard were cut, as tokens of the care with which theChristian ought to preserve the purity of his soul, and to remove the vicesthat infect the unregenerated man. The Nativity, Epiphany, Ascension,and Pentecost were also called Easter. In some churches, at Great Easter, 1 1 242 LITURGY AND CEREMONIES. dramatic representations
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