ABSTRACT
The treatment of the Resurrection and of the waking of the soldiers similarly draws attention away from the closed Christ's tomb. In York there is little indication of the staging of the Resurrection. Pilate is on the left of the tomb and behind him are two of his courtiers and four of his knights. In the play he designates four knights, and names them, to guard the tomb. On the right of the tomb are Annas and Caiaphas, and behind them four priests. Confirmation of N.Town's concern with the sealing of the tomb has been found in the presence of the unusual roof boss in the north cloister of Norwich Cathedral, which has for some time been seen as a parallel representation. Martial Rose's recent description is the most detailed: This scene is shown in the carving. Pilate is on the left of the tomb and behind him are two of his courtiers and four of his knights.
