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Late Medieval

Corpus Christi Procession Monstrance Humeral veil Thurible Thurible
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Monstrance

Monstrance, to display the Host.

Humeral veil

Humeral veil, to cover the monstrance. The monstrance with the Host in is so sacred that it cannot be touched, even by the Priest.

Thurible

Thurible, containing incense to cense the Host.

Thurible

Thurible, containing incense to cense the Host.

Corpus Christi Procession

On the Thursday after Trinity Sunday (about 2 months after Easter), the Host is specially venerated at the feast of Corpus Christi. It is placed in a monstrance and processed around the parish. These three photos show the beginning of the procession.

Elizabethan

Laudian