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Dear Rosemary,
these are what I would call a 'standing cup' of the kind that sporting trophies are descended from. They often have covers and are secular not liturgical. Silver gilt is the standard material. Most of the ones I have seen are for individual use unlike mazers which were intended for communal use (and usually wooden). They would have made a fine display at the bishop's table.
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Date: Thu, 4 Nov 2010 16:00:03 -0000
From: Rosemary Hayes-Milligan and Andrew Milligan
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Subject: what is a 'crater'?
medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
I am finishing my last (I hope) episcopal biography for ODNB. Thomas Kemp, bishop of London, left his executors silver gilt 'crater's, standing and not, with 'their' covers. I assume they are dishes of some kind but can anyone be more precise? All these chaps were priests, so might they be liturgical vessels of some kind? Or are they just table ware?
By the way, I sent a report of my Brussels trip into the ether but do not seem to have received it myself. Did it come to the list or are you all waiting with bated breath for my reports of the delights of late gothic churches and frites with mayonnaise?
Best wishes
Rosemary Hayes
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