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The decorative arts ecclesiastical and civil of the Middle Ages (1851)

Shaw, Henry, 1800-1873 · London, William Pickering · leaf 99

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THURIBLE, OR CENSER. A THURIBLE, OR CENSER. IN THE POSSESSION OF WILLIAM WELLS, ESQ^ OF HOLME LODGE, HUNTINGDONSHIRE. … ONSTANTLY in ufe, from beingemployed for burning incenfe during allthe folemn offices of the catholic church,the Thurible is generally diftinguifhedfor the beauty and elaboration of its de-fign. It is held in the hand fufpendedby chains. The one pafling from theapex of the finial, through the…

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