medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
On 11/08/12, Christopher Crockett wrote:
> only the much more elementary one: what do i call chalices, patens, portable
> altars, altar clothes, etc., if not "ecclesiastical furniture"?
As others have already suggested, call them 'furnishings' rather than 'furniture'. Whereas common parlance (in the USA at least) limits the latter to tables, chairs, cabinets, and such, most readers will understand that the former term also includes smaller, usually portable objects such as candlesticks or liturgical vessels or framed paintings, to say nothing of altar cloths, altar frontals and other paraments, carpeting, and hanging objects of many sorts (e.g. crucifixes, lamps, wall tapestries). A short list of examples will clue in readers lacking that understanding.
Best,
John Dillon
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