A concise glossary of terms used in Grecian, Roman, Italian and Gothic architecture, illustrated by four hundred and forty woodcuts (1846)
Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · Oxford: J. H. Parker · leaf 73
59 CHALICE CHAMBEE. Chalice, the cup used for the wine at the celebration of the Eucharist. In early ages the chalice was commonly made of glass or wood, occasionally of gold or silver, with a representation fre- quently of the Good Shepherd car- rying the lost sheep on His back. Especial care was… … here in England, the Synod corpus chmu college, orfora. of Calcuth, in Northumberland, an. 787, there is a canon which forbids the use of horn cups in the celebration of the Eucharist, which seems to imply that they were in use before.” Chamber, a room, or apartment, distinguished from the hall,…
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