In the liturgy of the Word, the Book of the Gospels was (and still is)
carried in formal procession (a) into the sanctuary (b) to the lectern or
ambo fro its proclamation by the deacon.
If you have to have four men carrying it, so much the better. In pilgrimages
and the like, people quite often have four persons to carry a canopy,
banner, reliquary or whatever.
No problem.
a.c.
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Date: 03 October 1998 15:03
Subject: Re: Great Bibles
>The one problem with the idea of carrying such books in procession is that
>they are BIG, and HEAVY. I recall that even its current state (the one
>remaining volume rebound as three), the surviving part of the Bury Bible is
>difficult for someone 5'2" to carry or manipulate; and various colleagues
>remarked a few years ago at a conference that the Carolingian Great Bibles
>from Tours, one-volume affairs, require three or four men to carry:
theVivian
>Bible is shown that way in its dedication page, and apparently when
consulted
>in the Bibliotheque Nationale it is brought in by four strong men. This
makes
>imagining the carrying of one of these in procession, in any graceful or
>dignified manner, somewhat difficult. Just a thought,
>Elizabeth Parker McLachlan, Art History, Rutgers
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