Sunday, March 23, 2014

Quiz: Can You Name This?





 
 Let us know what you think, esteemed readers. 

Images from The Philippi Collection

12 comments:

  1. It's a stand for a bishop's or higher prelate's solideo where it can be put on during the canon.

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    Buzzer for liturgical quiz show.

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  2. It's a stand for a miter or tiara

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  3. I don't know the thing's name, but it's the stand that held the tiara during the pope's pontifical Mass.

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  4. Holds zucchetto on credence table?

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  5. The tiara stands were shorter, with a wider base.

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  6. Does anyone have a photo of such a zucchetto or tiara stand being used in a Mass from long ago???

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  7. Looks like an ordinary altar candlestick retrofitted to become a zucchetto holder by the insertion of the wooden form into the drip pan.

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