单词 | ciborium |
释义 | ciboriumn. 1. Architecture. (See quots.) ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > furniture > canopy > [noun] > over high altar ciborium1787 cibory1845 1787 Archaeologia 8 171 The Ciborium was the shell containing the seeds of the Colocasia or Egyptian bean..it was used as a drinking cup, and resembled our chalices or goblets. This inverted and suspended by its footstalk was similar to the canopy that covered those shrines; and in the beginning of the 5th century, as appears from Chrysostom, was thus understood, and at length expressed the pillars, curtains, canopy, and the whole shrine or tabernacle. 1838 J. Britton Dict. Archit. & Archæol. 79 Ciborium..an arched vault, or canopy raised over the high-altar. 1842 J. Gwilt Encycl. Archit. Gloss. 950 Ciborium, an insulated erection open on each side with arches..having a dome..carried..by four columns. 1849 D. Rock Church our Fathers I. iii. 198. 1875 W. Smith & S. Cheetham Dict. Christian Antiq. I. 66 No ciborium now existing at Rome seems to be of earlier date than the 12th c. 2. Applied to a receptacle for the reservation of the Eucharist. Of different forms; sometimes suspended from the roof or ciborium (sense 1), sometimes having the form of a temple or tabernacle, sometimes of a cup with an arched cover. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > implement (general) > vessel (general) > cup > [noun] chalicec1000 vessel1340 cupc1449 communion cup1550 ciboire1640 ciboriuma1684 a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1651 (1955) III. 35 I stept into the grand Jesuites who had this high day exposd their Cibarium, made all of solid Gold, & imagerie. 1844 A. W. Pugin Gloss. Eccl. Ornament Ciborium..In form it nearly resembles a chalice with an arched cover. 1853 N. Wiseman Ess. III. 72 A very large ciborium of the same precious metal, but covered with diamonds and other jewels. 1889 Catal. Stuart Exhib. No. 322 Ciborium and cover of copper gilt, known as the ‘Cup of Malcolm Canmore.’ This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.a1684 |
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