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The archaeology of the Christian altar in Western Europe : with its adjuncts, furniture, and ornaments (1881)

Heales, Alfred, 1827-1898 · London : Roworth & Co. · leaf 64

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ng has been customary. The paten was equally rich with the chalice. It is made so as to fit upon the chalice and make a cover for it. It has been thought that the date of a chalice, from the eleventh century downwards, might be told from its form, but beyond a very general indication I do not think… … C7TALTCE REPRESENTED ON A BRASS AT SHORNE, KENT, A.D. 1519. depressed hemisphere — and the base also circular ; that subse- quently the bowl became deeper in proportion, and then the lower part of the section only was curved, the sides being straight-lined or nearly so, sloping outwards ; and by…

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