custom it was suspended over the altar, and thence sometimes spoken of as the “ suspensio.” The favourite form for a pyx was that of a dove, or occa- sionally a tower. Pyxes in the form of a dove, beautifully enamelled, may not infrequently be seen in museums abroad ; there was recently and… … ENAMELLED PYX, IN POSSESSION OP THE AUTHOR. terminating in a cross ; it was sometimes formed of ivory, sometimes of wood, but generally of metal, often gilt within and externally enamelled. The term corporas, or corporax, seems to have been often used as a synonym for pyx, though sometimes (as the…
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