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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture Surely it has to be a pax? John Briggs On 23/04/2010 11:58, Madeleine Gray wrote: > > I've been contacted by the parish church at Melverley in Shropshire. They have what appears to be an intriguing liturgical artefact, found in the half-timbered wall of the church during conservation. It's shaped like a small bread shovel, about a foot long, but with a cross in circle device at the end of the handle. They wonder whether it could have been used for distributing the holy loaf, but it looks a bit small for that. And probably too plain to be a pax. > I have photos which I can forward off list. ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html