@PugJesusM to Historical ArtifactsEnglish • 3 months agoByzantine chalices and religious objects, Syria, 6th-7th century ADimagemessage-square6arrow-up119arrow-down11
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minus-square@Taniwha420linkEnglish2•3 months agoHmm … Makes some sense. I’d wondered about flies. That’s what I was taught the pall (placard that goes over the chalice in the western rites) was for, to keep bird shit and flies out of the chalice while the prayers were being said.
Hmm … Makes some sense. I’d wondered about flies. That’s what I was taught the pall (placard that goes over the chalice in the western rites) was for, to keep bird shit and flies out of the chalice while the prayers were being said.