Title

Chrismatory, from the Archaeological Institute Museum, 1850. Creator: Unknown.

Caption

Chrismatory, from the Archaeological Institute Museum, 1850. Ecclesiastical object used for containing chrism oil. 'The Chrismatory...was exhibited by the Rev. Walter Sneyd, of Denton, and is an unusually good specimen of that peculiar kind of religious vessel, which contained the holy oil for sacramental purposes. Its date is about the early part of the 14th century'. From "Illustrated London News", 1850.

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM22A34_495

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32,7Mb (1,5Mb) / 7,7in x 16,5in / 2307 x 4960 (300dpi)

Keywords

religious religion British church oil decoration decorative ornate medieval Christianity ritual Victorian century Britain ecclesiastical newspapers press concept B&W engraved engraving 19th century black & white black and white B W mediaeval Institute Middle Ages 14th century Fourteenth Century nineteenth century The Print Collector Illustrated London News ritual equipment ILN newspaper Unknown container ritual object chrismatory 19th-century Archaeological Institute