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Essays on ceremonial (1904)

London : De La More Press · leaf 81

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ervice to see alight a number of little candles, a collection of what are unhappily called vesper lights. They may be set aside as pure childishness. Now the traditional two lights of the Anglican Church are majestic and simple. No doubt we shall be told in reply that the taste of the last quarter… … Fig. 8. — From De Moleon [Le Brim Desmarettes], Voyages liturgiques, published at Paris in 1718, showing : — i. The High Altar of the Primatial Church of Lyons, vested, but devoid of ornaments ; ii. The Metropolitical Throne, surmounted by the Royal Arms of France. A dislike of the excessive…

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