Glossary of ecclesiastical ornament and costume : compiled and illustrated from ancient authorities and examples (1844)
Pugin, Augustus Welby Northmore, 1812-1852, Hanhart, M., lithographer, Hanhart, N., lithographer, Maguire, Henry Calton · London : H.G. Bohn · leaf 94
n his Liber Pontificalis. They were generally purple, adorned with gold and embroidery, and various subjects taken from the Scriptures, or Lives of the Saints. They are called ' tetravela' by Anastasius, as inclosing a square. Thus he relates of Pope Sergius I. that he gave for the Altar, in the… … cover, from which it derives its name. Formerly the blessed Sacrament was reserved only for the Communion of the sick, and kept in a small vessel, called a Pyx (see also Dove and Tower). The more modern custom of reserving the Blessed Sacrament for the Communion of the faithful, as well as that of…
Church decoration and ornament · Church vestments · Christian art and symbolism
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