Henry Machyn in Savoy Chapel, London - 8 December, 1554
from A London Provisioner's Chronicle, 1550-1563:
The eighth day of December, the which was the Conception of Our Blessed Lady the Virgin, was a goodly procession at the Savoy by the Spaniards, the priest carrying the sacrament royally between his hands and one deacon carrying a censer censing and another the holy water stock and a number of friars and priests singing and every man and woman and knights, and gentlemen bearing green tapers burning and eight trumpeters blowing. And when they had done playing—and then began the sackbutts playing—and when they … more >>
Henry Machyn, and Colette Moore, Marilyn Miller and Richard W. Bailey (ed.), A London Provisioner's Chronicle, 1550-1563. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1507201549057 accessed: 7 December, 2024
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hide composersReligious procession | performed by Friars and priests |
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Date/Time | 8 December, 1554 |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |