Lenten Array detail
In the Sarum tradition, "according to the rules that in all the churches of England be observed, all images [are] to be hid from Ash Wednesday to Easter Day in the morning." This is called the Lenten Array and it includes a curtain which hides the reredos, a frontal which covers the altar, and veils which cover other statues and pictures in the church. The colour was Lenten white which was natural linen material, sometimes referred to as ash color, and any decoration on this was usually of signs of the Passion in black and blood-red.
My sermon for today can be read here.
Lenten Array detail
In the Sarum tradition, "according to the rules that in all the churches of England be observed, all images [are] to be hid from Ash Wednesday to Easter Day in the morning." This is called the Lenten Array and it includes a curtain which hides the reredos, a frontal which covers the altar, and veils which cover other statues and pictures in the church. The colour was Lenten white which was natural linen material, sometimes referred to as ash color, and any decoration on this was usually of signs of the Passion in black and blood-red.
My sermon for today can be read here.