Stan Metheny wrote:
>....A little rain would not slow down a group dedicated to the long form of
the procession with palms.
Yes, and I'd forgotten the palms.
>Some places even incorporated elements of the medieval mystery plays
into it, e.g., riding on a donkey and throwing down palms and garments onto
the ground.
Oh, shucks.
It sounds like I got what I paid for: definitely no donkeys nor garment
throwing that I can recall.
I probably hallucinated the guy in the tree, too.
Say, who was that guy--present in so many Romanesque depictions of the Entry?
(E.g., on the Royal Portal of Étampes (c.1140?) there is an amazingly complete
and compact rendering: palm ladies, garment thrower, tree guy, gate greeter,
the whole nine yards, all crammed into a capital and a
half:
http://centrechartraine.freeservers.com/etampes/soport/ETSCR2-4.jpg 147K)
St. Arbor?
In the U.S. we used to have a holiday called "Arbor Day," but I forget when it
was.
Should certainly be added to Carolyn's Feasts.
Yet another brother of St. Fripette, i suppose.
One other thing (if I may be permitted) which caught my attention at
Bréthencourt was the recitation from the Psalm, which I have apparently
totally mis-recalled and corrupted as "Tolite O Portas"(?), which should
rather be something from the 23rd Psalm(?): "...levate portae capita vestra et
erigite ianuae sempiternae et ingrediatur rex gloriae..."
At the time I was struck by the similarity/identity between the
ceremonial "Entry" in the Palm Sunday service and the analogous part of the
Dedication of a Church (also quite a bit of good theater, if I recall
correctly) where the Bishop and congregation also leave the building and he
has to bang on the door three times with his staff, commanding it to open.
Best to all from here,
Christopher
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