Posts Tagged ‘altar’
Ciboria and Tabernacles: A Short History
(This article continuation of my last post: Holy Tables with Reliquaries: A Short History ) The Ciborium A ciborium is a form of canopy supported by columns over the holy table (25). It is sometimes also called a baldachin, but strictly speaking this latter term should be limited to cloth canopies. Ciboria came to be common,…
Continue reading »Holy Tables with Reliquaries, a Short History
In this overview and the one that will follow I have combined the history of altars (also called holy tables), ciboria and tabernacles because their respective developments are somewhat related. In this first section I will deal with Holy Tables and will focus on ciboria and tabernacles in the second installment. My interest in…
Continue reading »Technical Hierarchy
This is post 3 of 3 in the series “Hand and Machine” Jonathan Pageau and Andrew Gould exchange ideas in an attempt to understand the difficulties and opportunities of new technologies in the making of liturgical art. The discussion is also in reaction to fr. Silouan’s article on Degraded Iconicity. The Robot and The Master…
Continue reading »Byzantine Chapel in Myra Found Under Deep Mud
A recent NY Times article relates the finding of parts of the ancient city of Myra, the home of no one less than St-Nicholas himself. It seems the town was buried under mud during flooding several centuries ago. Archeologists are excavating the pristinely preserved chapel with its fresco and altar. The article has a few pictures. The…
Continue reading »Medieval Art from Catalonia
The utmost french speaking resource website for Orthodoxy, www.orthodoxie.com, has a very beautiful Flickr stream of the National Museum of Catalonia. It is an amazing showcase of Western icons, liturgical objects, frescoes and furniture from the Early Middle Ages. When looking at the images, what strikes me the most is the boldness in color bringing about a…
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