medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
On 11/8/2012 9:43 AM, Christopher Crockett wrote:
> i have a question about the proper term to use to refer to most of the objects
> in that list, viz., portable altars, crosses, crosiers, chalices, patens,
> altar cloths, etc.
>
I generally call such things 'liturgical art' or 'ecclesiastical
metalwork'. You could always simply term them 'ars sacra', as in the
title of Lasko's book.
Genevra
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