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--- merum <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and
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>
> I thought I remembered that Egeria offered a description of Palm
> Sunday in
> her diary. I found the excerpts below online (Latin text plus English
> translation). Per her reports, in 4c Jerusalem the the procession
> with the
> branches preceded the Lucernarium (Vespers).
>
> Stan Metheny
>
> XXX
> 1. Alia ergo die, id est dominica, qua intratur in septimana
> paschale, quam
> hic appellant septimana maior, celebratis de pullorum cantu his, quae
> consuetudinis sunt in Anastase uel ad Crucem usque ad mane agi: die
> ergo
> dominica mane proceditur iuxta consuetudinem in ecclesia maiore, quae
> appellatur Martyrium. Propterea autem Martyrium appellatur, quia in
> Golgotha
> est, id est post Crucem, ubi Dominus passus est, et ideo Martyrio.
> 2. Cum ergo celebrata fuerint omnia iuxta consuetudinem in ecclesia
> maiore,
> et antequam fiat missa, mittet uocem archidiaconus et dicit primum:
> 'Ista
> septimana omne, id est die crastino, hora nona omnes ad Martyrium
> conueniamus, id est in ecclesia maiore'. Item mittet uocem alteram et
> dicet:
> 'Hodie omnes hora septima in Eleona parati simus'.
>
> 3. Facta ergo missa in ecclesia maiore, id est ad Martyrium,
> deducitur
> episcopus cum ymnis ad Anastase, et ibi completis, quae consuetudo
> est
> diebus dominicis fieri in Anastase post missa Martyrii, et iam
> unusquisque
> hiens ad domum suam festinat manducare, ut hora inquoante septima
> omnes in
> ecclesia parati sint, quae est in Eleona, id est in monte oliueti,
> ubi est
> spelunca illa, in qua docebat Dominus.
>
> XXXI
> 1. Hora ergo septima omnis populus ascendet in monte oliueti, id est
> in
> Eleona, in ecclesia; sedet episcopus, dicuntur ymni et antiphonae
> apte diei
> ipsi uel loco, lectiones etiam similiter. Et cum ceperit se facere
> hora
> nona, subitur cum ymnis in Inbomon, id est in eo loco, de quo
> ascendit
> Dominus in caelis, et ibi seditur; nam omnis populus semper praesente
> episcopo iubetur sedere, tantum quod diacones soli stant semper.
> Dicuntur et
> ibi ymni uel antiphonae aptae loco aut diei: similiter et lectiones
> interpositae et orationes.
> 2. Et iam cum coeperit esse hora undecima, legitur ille locus de
> euangelio,
> ubi infantes cum ramis uel palmis occurrerunt Domino dicentes:
> Benedictus,
> qui uenit in nomine Domini. Et statim leuat se episcopus et omnis
> populus,
> porro inde de summo monte Oliueti totum pedibus itur. Nam totus
> populus ante
> ipsum cum ymnis uel antiphonis respondentes semper: Benedictus, qui
> uenit in
> nomine Domini.
>
> 3. Et quotquot sunt infantes in hisdem locis, usque etiam qui pedibus
> ambulare non possunt, quia teneri sunt, in collo illos parentes sui
> tenent,
> omnes ramos tenentes alii palmarum, alii oliuarum; et sic deducetur
> episcopus in eo typo, quo tunc Dominus deductus est.
>
> 4. Et de summo monte usque ad ciuitatem et inde ad Anastase per totam
> ciuitatem totum pedibus omnes, sed et si quae matrone sunt aut si qui
> domini, sic deducunt episcopum respondentes et sic lente et lente, ne
> lassetur populus, porro iam sera peruenitur ad Anastase. Ubi cum
> uentum
> fuerit, quamlibet sero sit, tamen fit lucernare, fit denuo oratio ad
> Crucem
> et dimittitur populus.
>
> *****************************************
>
> XXX
> 1. On the next day, that is, the Lord's Day, which begins the Paschal
> week,
> and which they call here the Great Week, when all the customary
> services
> from cockcrow until morning have taken place in the Anastasis and at
> the
> Cross, they proceed on the morning of the Lord's Day according to
> custom to
> the greater church, which is called the martyrium. It is called the
> martyrium because it is in Golgotha behind the Cross, where the Lord
> suffered.
>
> 2. When all that is customary has been observed in the great church,
> and
> before the dismissal is made, the archdeacon lifts his voice and says
> first:
> " Throughout the whole week, beginning from to-morrow, let us all
> assemble
> in the martyrium, that is, in the great church, at the ninth hour."
> Then he
> lifts his voice again, saying: " Let us all be ready to-day in Eleona
> at the
> seventh hour."
>
> 3. So when the dismissal has been made in the great church! that is,
> the
> martyrium, the bishop is escorted with hymns to the Anastasis, and
> after all
> things that are customary on the Lord's Day have been done there,
> after the
> dismissal from the martyrium, every one hastens home to eat, that all
> may be
> ready at the beginning of the seventh hour in the church in Eleona,
> on the
> Mount of Olives, where is the cave in which the Lord was wont to
> teach.
>
> XXXI
> 1. Accordingly at the seventh hour all the people go up to the Mount
> of
> Olives, that is, to Eleona, and the bishop with them, to the church,
> where
> hymns and antiphons suitable to the day and to the place are said,
> and
> lessons in like manner. And when the ninth hour approaches they go up
> with
> hymns to the Imbomon, that is, to the place whence the Lord ascended
> into
> heaven, and there they sit down, for all the people are always bidden
> to sit
> when the bishop is present; the deacons alone always stand. Hymns and
> antiphons suitable to the day and to the place are said, interspersed
> with
> lections and prayers.
>
> 2. And as the eleventh hour approaches, the passage from the Gospel
> is read,
> where the children, carrying branches and palms, met the Lord,
> saying;
> Blessed is He that cometh in the name of the Lord, and the bishop
> immediately rises, and all the people with him, and they all go on
> foot from
> the top of the Mount of Olives, all the people going before him with
> hymns
> and antiphons, answering one to another: Blessed is He that cometh in
> the
> name of the Lord.
>
> 3. And all the children in the neighbourhood, even those who are too
> young
> to walk, are carried by their parents on their shoulders, all of them
> bearing branches, some of palms and some of olives, and thus the
> bishop is
> escorted in the same manner as the Lord was of old.
>
> 4. For all, even those of rank, both matrons and men, accompany the
> bishop
> all the way on foot in this manner, making these responses, from the
> top of
> the mount to the city, and thence through the whole city to the
> Anastasis,
> going very slowly lest the people should be wearied; and thus they
> arrive at
> the Anastasis at a late hour. And on arriving, although it is late,
> lucernare takes place, with prayer at the Cross; after which the
> people are
> dismissed.
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bill East" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2005 6:26 AM
> Subject: [M-R] Offertorium - 28
>
>
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and
> culture
>
> Offertorium - 28
>
> Tyrer gives examples of the form of blessing of palms and the ensuing
> procession according to various rites. Let us look at the forms of
> blessing first. Of the older Roman rite (11th/12th centuries) he
> says:
>
> 'Palms, branches of other trees, and flowers are brought to the
> Chapel
> of St Silvester in the Lateran Basilica and blessed by a Cardinal,
> who
> says two prayers, Omnipotens Deus qui antequam and Omnipotens Deus
> Christe, the latter being the Blessing proper. This done, some of the
> branches are distributed to the laity, and the rest are taken by the
>
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