So, at what point, would a medieval Englishman feel that his Easter was really starting? The ceremonies of Holy Week have left his parish church with the Most Holy Sacrament, together with the Cross, in a recess, probably on the North side of the Sanctuary and called “the Sepulchre”. On Easter Morning, very early (ante matutinas) the clergy enter and go straight to the Sepulchre. Having
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