out and prepared for Mass, with an altar stone placed in the "mensa" space. The privilege of using a portable altar was not automatically conferred on...
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hang 18 inches (46 cm) over the ends of the mensa. On an altar without antependium and consisting of the mensa resting on columns or made after the fashion...
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Antependium (redirect from Altar frontal)
distinguished from the altar linens which are used in the service of the Eucharist, and an altar cloth which covers the top of the altar table (mensa). The true liturgical...
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around the altar rather than on its mensa. Only what is required for the celebration of the Mass may be placed on the mensa of the altar: namely, from...
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candles, set near the extremities of the altar, either on the gradine or as close as possible to the back of the mensa, if there be no gradine. Six candles...
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Mensa Christi is a Roman Catholic church located in Nazareth, northern Israel. Mensa Christi (Latin for "table of Christ") contains a large rectangular...
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contains a projection of limestone rock in front of the present altar which is venerated as a "Mensa Christi", Latin for table of Christ. According to tradition...
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Bembine Tablet (redirect from Mensa Isiaca)
The Bembine Tablet, the Bembine Table of Isis or the Mensa Isiaca (Isiac Tablet) is an elaborate tablet of bronze with enamel and silver inlay, most probably...
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probably stood on the mensa of the main altar. It is on display in the exposition of medieval art of the National Gallery in Prague. The altar was created in...
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event Mind Games, an annual gaming convention sponsored by American Mensa where the Mensa Select prize is awarded BBC MindGames Magazine, a BBC puzzle magazine...
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