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AC> Amelia Carr wrote: I wouldn't expect to find too many images of AC> the actual liturgy itself The most probable place are initials in breviaries/books of hours containing the feast of Holy Innocents. The feast of boy-bishop is connected with this feast day and the Divine Office. There are "written depictions" in sources concerning the education of choristers. It was the prerogative of this group within the cathedral to choose the boy-bishop. "In Worcester at the end of the thirteenth century the master and his scholars were accustomed to celebrate the feast bearing tapers into the parish church of St Nicholas." A.F. Leach, Documents Illustrating Early Education in Worcester, 685-1700, "Worcester Historical Society", 31, 1913, s. 23-26. [from:] Orme 1973, p. 131. Shulamith Shahar, The Boy Bishop's Feast: A Case Study in Church Attitudes towards Children in the High and Late Middle Ages, [w:] Diana Wood (red.), The Church and Childhood, Oxford 1994, 243-260. Dora H. Robertson, Sarum Close ... the History of the Choristers for 900 years, London 1938; Dora H. Robertson, C. Wordsworth, Salisbury Choristers: their Endowments, Boy-Bishops, Music Teachers and Headmasters, "Wilts. Archaeological & Natural History Magazine", 48, 1937-39, s. 201-231. J.G. Nichols, Two Sermons Preached by the Boy Bishop at St Paul's, "The Camden Miscellany" VII (Camden Society, New Series, xiv, London, 1875), s. 1-29 [za:] Orme, 1995, p. 70. Orme, 1976, s. 62 on Lanthony cloister (Public Record Office, London, Chancery Masters' Exhibits, C 115): Lanthony Cartulary, vol. A3, f. 10-10v. Orme 1973, s. 132 : T.F. Kirby, Anals of Winchester College, from its foundation in the year 1382, London 1892, s. 90-91. Orme 1976, p. 70-71. The Registers of Roger Martival, Bishop of Salisbury, 1315-1330, ed. K. Edwards etc., 3 vols, "Canterbury and York Society" 55, 57, 59, 1959-1965; Statutes of the Cathedral Church of Salisbury, ed. Wordsworth & Macleane, *, p. 262-267; Orme, N. English Schools in the Middle Ages. London: Methuen, 1973. Orme, N. Education in the West of England, 1066-1548. Exeter: University of Exeter Press, 1976. Orme, N., The Culture of Children in Medieval England, "Past & Present" Nr 148, 1995, s. 48-88. Mistra Jana Husi sebrané spisy ceske, K.J. Erben (red.), t. 1, Praha 1865, s. 302. (Here John Hus's description of the celebrations in Prague) The above are some footnotes from my book in (slow) progress, some ideas of it are outlined in my paper "Medieval theatre of schools. Educational beginnings of early drama" http://www.medianet.pl/~dab/and/miskolc.htm read at the Miskolc conference "School and theatre", in Sept. 2002 http://members.chello.hu/kcsp/sat/cd.htm Best regards, Andrzej Dabrówka Polish Academy of Sciences Institute of Literary Research Warsaw, Poland http://www.medianet.pl/~dab/and/teatr.htm#about