单词 | judas of the paschal |
释义 | > as lemmasJudas of the paschal b. A tall piece of wood, forming part of an ecclesiastical candlestick, to which a candle may be fixed; spec. (more fully Judas of the paschal) one rising from the central branch of the large seven-branched paschal candlestick, and surmounted at Easter by the paschal candle . Now historical.The piece of wood is typically painted to resemble a candle. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > implement (general) > candleholder > [noun] > parts of Judas1410 Judas staff1488 Judas light1502 Judas candlestick1566 vase1728 1410 in J. Raine Testamenta Eboracensia (1865) III. 48 (MED) De viij d. de j Judas, pro j torch. 1453 in T. Sharp Diss. Pageants Coventry (1825) 190 (MED) iiij newe torches & iiij judasses. 1455 in Trans. Bristol & Gloucs. Archaeol. Soc. 1890–1 (1891) 15 153 Item, one Judas for the pascal, twelve judas for the twelve square tabres..be for the rood a boue. 1476 in T. Sharp Diss. Pageants Coventry (1825) 189 A new bolle to the Judas ijd. 1511 in J. Nichols Illustr. Antient Times Eng. (1797) 107 Mem. that the judas of the pascal [printed pastal], i.e. the tymbre that the wax of the pascal [printed pastel] is driuen upon weigheth 7 lb. 1524 in J. Nichols Illustr. Antient Times Eng. (1797) 9 For twelve Judacis to stand with the tapers. 1566 in E. Peacock Eng. Church Furnit. (1866) 77 Item albes paxes Iudaces with suche trifelinge tromperey—made awaie wee knowe not howe. 1853 D. Rock Church our Fathers III. ii. 244 This wooden imitation of a candle..was called—it is not known why—the ‘Judas of the paschal’. 1877 T. Dickson Accts. Treasurer Scotl. I. Gloss. 421 The paschal candlestick in churches, which was usually of brass, had seven branches, from the seventh or middle one of which a tall thick piece of wood, painted like a candle, and called the Judas of the Paschal, rose nearly to the roof, and on the top of this was placed at Eastertide the paschal candle of wax. 1903 J. T. Fowler in Rites of Durham 203 The candlestick according to this account must have been about 38 feet high, and the candle with its ‘Judas’ another 30 feet. 1994 R. Hutton Rise & Fall Merry Eng. 24 It [sc. the paschal candle] could be set upon a wooden stick, painted to look like a continuation of the candle and nicknamed a ‘Judas’. 2009 S. Gubar Judas 334 The Judas of the Paschal is the seventh or middle candlestick in churches, which rose nearly to the roof and on which was placed at Eastertide the wax paschal candle. < as lemmas |
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