medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
In Greece, the Orthodox carry sprigs of bay leaves. Paln Sunday is
popularly called To Vaya [in MGk B is pronounced V].
DW
>
> > I for one would be happy to go back to carrying a bouquet of pussy
> > willows and flowers, rather than the manky little palm crosses we carry
> > nowadays. But your attention-span is being challenged: more tomorrow.
>
> Several years ago, I was in Rouen for Palm Sunday, and the bishop and his
flock all
> had boxwood branches. I hadn't realized that the practice goes back to
the late
> Middle Ages. Fascinating. Yew had a fairly well established symbolic
significance,
> but outside of this liturgical use, and the splendid late medieval
miniature carvings
> in boxwood, does box have symbolic associations, as well?
> Cheers,
> Jim Bugslag
>
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