A glossary of terms used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic architecture (1845)
Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884, Wordsworth, William, 1770-1850. sgn, Fenwick, Isabella. ins, Reed, Henry. sgn, Wordsworth Collection · Oxford, J. H. Parker · leaf 313
the use of the sick^, or the waferspreviously to consecration; it was madeof the most costly materials, and wasplaced upon the Altar under a taber-nacle, or canopy, within which it wassometimes suspended, and sometimesraised upon a stand or foot; in form itwas frequently circular, and closed with… … Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. ^ Altars were commonly placed at theeastern ends of the aisles, previous to theReformation. The existence of a piscinais always a sign that an Altar once stoodnear it. y In an ancient MS. of Injunctions forthe Diocese of Lincoln (preserved in theBodleian Library), a…
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