s, such as we now under-stand by that name, is of considerable anti-quity. They are exhibited in Anglo-Saxonilluminations at least as far back as ^he tenthcentury. At an earlier period, the Anglo-Saxon word candel had probably a moregeneral signification, and meant anything usedto give light. There… … this would explain the origin of the older formof candlesticks, in which, instead of beingplaced in a socket, the candle was fixed on along spike. It is difficult to say at what periodthe candlesticks with sockets first came intouse. The oldest examples known are of thetime of Edward the Third; but…
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