Portable altars were in use in the MA; the
consecration rite for them is given in a number of
pontificals, including that of Christopher Bainbridge,
published in the Surtess Society series. I don't have
a volume number to hand, unfortunately.
Cheers
Rob
--- Marjorie Greene <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >
Many radiating chapels in crypts have altars built
> of
> Roman/Merovingian ruins, recycled scraps really.
> Would
> those using them for Mass have used portable altars
> (were there such in the MA) or were there little
> relic
> niches drilled into them?
> MG
>
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