Military and religious life in the Middle Ages and at the period of the Renaissance (1870)
Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884 · London : Bickers & Son · leaf 287
f carved wood. (Church in Kempen, Rhenish Prussia).—From Weerths Monumentsof Christian Art. duty it was to intone the psalmody. One or two sacristies (secretaria) were 2l8 LITURGY AND CEREMONIES. placed at the sides of the solea. The sanctuary (Figs. 180 and 181), in whichthe holy sacrifice took… … Fig. 182.—Altar-piece at Mareuil-en-Brie. kongche, a muscle or cockle-shell; in Latin, absida; in French, chevet); aroundit were placed seats, amongst them that of the bishop, which was raised abovethe altar, and was visible to the whole congregation. The altar, which wasdraped and surmounted with…
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