AN
ART-STUDENT IN MUNICH.
CHAPTER I.
A PICTURE IN LENT. - FEET-WASHING ON GREEN
THURSDAY.
In the garden of one of the churches here, there is a Kreuz-
Gang or Via Dolorosa, a number of small shrines or “ Sta-
tions’’ erected to commemorate the various sufferings of
Christ on his way to the Cross. During Lent, prayers are
read and chanted every Friday by the priests before these
shrines to a considerable assembly of devotees.
I visited this Kreuz-Gang the other Friday, but did not
observe anything very remarkable in the ceremony.
A few priests in robes of sky-blue and white, attended
by a number of choristers, and with a veiled crucifix borne
before them, were slowly progressing from station to station,
praying and singing, whilst a crowd composed of all ranks,
and principally of women, followed them, also singing and
praying.
I observed a number of heads looking down into the
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ART-STUDENT IN MUNICH.
CHAPTER I.
A PICTURE IN LENT. - FEET-WASHING ON GREEN
THURSDAY.
In the garden of one of the churches here, there is a Kreuz-
Gang or Via Dolorosa, a number of small shrines or “ Sta-
tions’’ erected to commemorate the various sufferings of
Christ on his way to the Cross. During Lent, prayers are
read and chanted every Friday by the priests before these
shrines to a considerable assembly of devotees.
I visited this Kreuz-Gang the other Friday, but did not
observe anything very remarkable in the ceremony.
A few priests in robes of sky-blue and white, attended
by a number of choristers, and with a veiled crucifix borne
before them, were slowly progressing from station to station,
praying and singing, whilst a crowd composed of all ranks,
and principally of women, followed them, also singing and
praying.
I observed a number of heads looking down into the
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