A chalice and a
ciborium, with hosts, stand on the table'.
The pall, purificator, corporal, chalice and the
ciborium are brought out to the altar server's table.
The second is, to quote long-time exhibitor and medieval art specialist Luc De Backker: 'We don't have the expensive things--we have the special things.' At the time, he was showing me a ninth-century Carolingian limestone arch from a
ciborium, and then a compelling carved walnut Christ at Rest from mid 15th-century Burgundy or the Upper Rhine.
According to tradition, Clare miraculously stopped an invasion of Saracen soldiers by holding up a
ciborium containing the Eucharist.
Will he forget to return the pyx to the
ciborium with the other hosts for distribution I wondered?
Meanwhile, the Edsa Shrine has several of Castrillo's liturgical works, notably the highly dramatic
ciborium in the Perpetual Adoration Chapel.
The altar: lacy lambrequin; solid gold cross, like a Roman short sword; chalice, pall and purificator, chalice veil;
ciborium, paten; cruets of amber Tokay.
Most items have some connection with the Eucharist as it was celebrated in Umai's Anglo-Catholic context: a golden table on which are a candle stand with seven candles; a golden chalice (the cup used at the Eucharist) 'overflowed with pure blood' ; five loaves of bread, two small fish, and a sword; a paten (the plate used for the bread at the Eucharist); a
ciborium (used to store consecrated bread) filled with communion wafers; a wooden bowl; two jars, one of water, one of wine; a scroll; a thurible (the incense pot on chains used for censing) and a bell.
I saw gold cuffs in a silver
ciborium, with the necklaces, rings, and jeweled creations by Ann Ong and Kit Silver Jewellery appearing to have landed in the background, upon closer look, offering a fascinating complexity.