NO. 2287. COLLECTION OF ECCLESIASTICAL ART—CASANOWICZ. 607 



feet; width, 7 feet 3 inches. — Hildesheim, Germany. (Cat. No. 207743, 

 U.S.N.M.) 



2. Altar. — Made of wood and adorned with an oil painting repre- 

 senting the Holy Family — that is, Joseph, Mary, and the Infant 

 Jesus. Probably dating from the seventeenth century. Height, 

 7 feet 21 inches; width, 4 feet 2^ inches. — Hildesheim, Germany. 

 (Plate 60, Cat. No. 207744, U.S.N.M.) 



3. Altar cloth. — Made of linen, with lace borders and embroidered 

 edges. Length, 62 inches; width, 29 inches. — Italy. (Cat. No. 

 179015, U.S.N.M.) 



4. Fragments of gilded carvings of an altar. — Including six oval 

 panel paintings, measuring each 10| by 8| inches, representing the 

 Virgin Mary, the archangel Gabriel, and the four Evangelists. — 

 Italy. (Cat. No. 179013, U.S.N.M.) 



5. Bronze candlesticJc. — With a point on top upon which to stick 

 the candle. Height, 13 inches.— Italy. (Plate 61, fig. 1, Cat. No. 

 152230, U.S.N.M.) 



6. Bishop's candlesticJc. — Made of white metal. Used to light the 

 bishop while reciting the ])rayers of thanksgiving after mass. Height, 

 2^ inches; length, lOJ inches.— Italy. (Plate 61, fig. 2, Cat. No. 

 179034, U.S.N.M.) 



7. Pair ofcandlesticlcs. — Made of wood, carved and gilded. Height, 

 121 inches.'— Spain. (Plate 61, fig. 3, Cat. No. 1788G3, U.S.N.M.) 



8-9. Altar lamps. — Made of white metal in chased work. In front 

 of the tabernacle of the altar in which a consecrated host is pre- 

 served a lamp filled with olive oil is ahvays kept bm-ning. It is 

 usually suspended by a chain from the ceiling of the church in front 

 of the tabernacle.— Italy. (Plate 62, figs. 1 and 4, Cat. Nos. 179022- 

 023, U.S.N.M.) 



10. Large altar lamp. — Made of brass, hammered work. Diameter 

 of bowl, lOi inches.- Italy. (Cat. No. 179024, U.S.N.M.) 



11. Large altar lamp. — Made of white metal, repousse work. 

 l>iameter, 12 inches.— Italy. (Cat. No. 199026, U.S.N.M.) 



12-13. Small altar lamps. — Made of white metal. — Italy. (Cat. 

 No. 179023, U.S.N.M.) 



14. Altar lamp. — Made of brass. — Madrid, Spain. (Cat. No. 

 167082, U.S.N.M.) 



15. Small lamp. — ^Made of l)rass, with loops for suspension. 

 Height, 8f inches; diameters, 2| and 2| inches. — Italy. (Cat. No. 

 152235, U.S.N.M.) 



16-17. — Censers or thuribles. — Made of white metal, openwork. 

 The censer consists of a cup or bowl, which is provided with a mov- 

 able pan for holding ignited charcoal, upon which the incense is put, 

 a lid or covering and four chains about 3 feet in length, three of 

 which unite the bowl to a circular disl:, wliile the fourth is used for 

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