Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

WOODEN MASS CARDS

Date Range From

1950

Date Range To

1960

Materials

WOOD

No. Pieces

3

Height

1.4

Length

53.6

Width

33.7

Description

RECTANGULAR PLAQUES WITH LACQUERED FRONT AND BEVELED EDGES. EDGES OF PLAQUES ARE PAINTED GOLD COLOR. WOOD BACKS HAVE MEDIUM FINISH AND FRONT PANELS HAVE RED, GOLD AND BLACK BORDER. BORDER HAS FLEUR-DE-LIS AND DIAMOND SHAPES IN IT. TWO PLAQUES ARE 33.4CM X22.4CM IN SIZE AND THIRD PLAQUE IS LARGER 53.6CM X 33.7CM. ALL PLAQUES HAVE LATIN LITURGY IN RED AND BLACK PRINT WITH SCROLL WORK ON SOME CAPITAL LETTERS. ONE PLAQUE IS "INITIUM SANCTI EVANGELII SECUNDUM JOANNEM" WHICH IS THE PROLOGUE OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN IN LATIN. SECOND PLAQUE HAS "SACERDOS INFUNDIT VINUM" WHICH IS A CONFESSION AND RITUAL CLEANSING OF THE CELEBRANT BEFORE COMMUNION. THIRD AND LARGER PLAQUE HAS BLACK AND WHITE SKETCH OF PRIEST HOLDING HOST HIGH WITH CRUCIFIED CHRIST ABOVE ALTAR IN CENTER BOTTOM. THIS TRI-PANEL HAS LITURGY FOR COMMUNION SERVICE. FRONT OF EACH PLAQUE IS LACQUERED.

Subjects

CEREMONIAL ARTIFACT

Historical Association

RELIGION

HEALTH SERVICES

History

MASS CARDS WERE REMOVED FROM THE CHAPEL AT ST. MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL BEFORE THE HOSPITAL WAS DEMOLISHED IN 1996. FOR MORE HISTORY ON HOSPITAL SEE P19960116001-GA.

Catalogue Number

P19960116146

Acquisition Date

1996-01

Collection

Museum

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