Paschal Triduum
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The Paschal Triduum or Easter Triduum, Holy Triduum, or the Three Days, is the Christian period of three days that begins with the liturgy on the evening of Maundy Thursday, reaches its high point in
Christ Washing the Feet of the Apostles by Meister des Hausbuches, 1475 (Gemäldegalerie, Berlin)
Ecce Homo by Antonio Ciseri (19th century).
Jesus Resurrected by Piero della Francesca (15th century)
Altare långfredagen Hedvig Eleonora kyrka, Stockholm
Crotalus (instrument)
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A crotalus, also known as a crotalum or clapper, is a wooden liturgical rattle or clapper that replaces altar bells during the celebration of the Tridentine Paschal Triduum at the end of Lent in the C
Paschal Triduum
…Easter. In the Roman Rite, after the Gloria in excelsis Deo in the Mass of the Lord's Supper, all church bells are silenced (sometimes replaced by a crotalus) and the organ is not used. This period that lasted from Thursday morning to before Easter Sunday began what was once referred to in Anglo-Saxon times…
A crotalus on display
A matraca from Mission Santa Barbara, c. 1900