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A monstrance, also known as an ostensorium (or an ostensory), [1] is a vessel used in Roman Catholic, Old Catholic, High Church Lutheran and Anglican churches for the display on an altar of some object of piety, such as the consecrated Eucharistic Sacramental bread (host) during Eucharistic adoration or during the Benediction of the Blessed ...
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Few documents about the Bemposta Monstrance have survived. [1]It was commissioned by Infante Peter of Portugal.In his will dictated in 1783, Infante Peter instructed Infante John, his successor over the dominion of the House of the Infantado, the appanage tied to the King's second eldest son, on "the great care he ought to take in the divine worship given to God in the Chapel of Bemposta ...
The monstrance clock, or mirror clock, is a type of clock that was developed during the Renaissance (1300 AD – 1600 AD). It is cross-shaped and typically either gold or silver in colour but can feature both colours.
Monstrance for a Grey Horse is a granite sculpture of a horse's skull on a pedestal by James Acord, [1] [2] [3] installed on the Southwestern University campus in Georgetown, Texas, United States. It was donated by the university by alumnus Joey King, who purchased the artwork from the sculptor in 2000.
The Remonstrances of 1297 (sometimes written in the original Anglo-Norman: Monstraunces [1]) were a set of complaints presented by a group of nobles in 1297, against the government of King Edward I of England.