The mass and vestments of the Catholic church, liturgical, doctrinal, historical and archaeological . PYX How is the name derived?From the Greek and Latin pyxis (box), thename also given to a compass-box. What is its material? Ciborium, Pyx, Ostensorium, Etc. 371 It may be of the same material as the ciborium,gilt in its interior, with a slight elevation in thecentre. Must it be Blessed? It is to be blessed with the formula for theblessing of a Tabernacle. It may forfeit its bless-ing in the same manner as the chalice andciborium. What is the Osten-sorium? It is the large sacredvessel in which


The mass and vestments of the Catholic church, liturgical, doctrinal, historical and archaeological . PYX How is the name derived?From the Greek and Latin pyxis (box), thename also given to a compass-box. What is its material? Ciborium, Pyx, Ostensorium, Etc. 371 It may be of the same material as the ciborium,gilt in its interior, with a slight elevation in thecentre. Must it be Blessed? It is to be blessed with the formula for theblessing of a Tabernacle. It may forfeit its bless-ing in the same manner as the chalice andciborium. What is the Osten-sorium? It is the large sacredvessel in which the BlessedSacrament is exposed atBenediction and borne insolemn procession on cer-tain occasions. It has astem akin to a chalice, andin its centre an aperturein which the Lunula withthe Blessed Sacrament isplaced. By what other namesis it known? It is also known as the Portable Tabernacle,Ciborium, Melchisedech, in Belgium, Monstranceand improperly Remonstrance. How is the name derived? From the Latin monstro (to show, exhibit).. OSTENSORIUM 372 The Mass and Vestments What is its origin? It originated with the institution of the feastof Corpus Christi, (Pope Urban IV, 1264). What is the shape of the Ostensorium? The conventional form, in many varieties, isthat of a disc with encompassing sunbeams, setupon a pedestal with surmounting cross, which isof obligation, and the hollow centre for theLunula. In the beginning, the Monstrance wasfashioned after the little towers which were theTabernacles of the primitive church. In some of the churches of the Cistercian Orderin France, the Ostensorium takes the form of asmall statue of the Blessed Virgin so constructedthat the Sacred Host may be placed in its handduring Exposition. What is the Lu-nula or Lunette? It is the smallglass and metal en-closure, circular inform, to carry andpresent the SacredHost erect in thecentral opening ofthe Ostensorium.


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