Examples of the works of art in the Museum and of the decorations of the building, with brief descriptions . SKM(sa) CHR^ISJVlATOHY IN SILVEp^pAF\, GERMAN. DATE A900T 140)0. S-K-M. (n « J%^i). Fe CHRISMATORY. SILVER, PARCEL 7243—1861. CHRISMATORIES of modern times are seldom made so rich or of solarge a size (nearly eight inches) as the present example. They areamong the most ancient of ecclesiastical vessels, and were in use among ourSaxon forefathers in the 7th and 8th centuries. A chrismatory is intendedto hold the three holy or sacred oils, which are hallow
Examples of the works of art in the Museum and of the decorations of the building, with brief descriptions . SKM(sa) CHR^ISJVlATOHY IN SILVEp^pAF\, GERMAN. DATE A900T 140)0. S-K-M. (n « J%^i). Fe CHRISMATORY. SILVER, PARCEL 7243—1861. CHRISMATORIES of modern times are seldom made so rich or of solarge a size (nearly eight inches) as the present example. They areamong the most ancient of ecclesiastical vessels, and were in use among ourSaxon forefathers in the 7th and 8th centuries. A chrismatory is intendedto hold the three holy or sacred oils, which are hallowed by a bishop everyyear, on the Thursday in Holy week, and kept by all parish priests in com-munion with the Roman Church both in England and abroad, to be usedas occasion requires. There are three kinds of oil thus blessed : one calledchrism, to be put into the baptismal font and for other especial ceremonies,as (for instance) at confirmations, ordinations of priests, and coronations;the second, the oil for exorcisms, more especially, for the first unctionat baptisms; the third, the oil for the sic
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