Eucharistic objects

thumb|Altar in Roskilde Cathedral|Roskilde Lutheran Cathedral beneath a carved [[reredos]] An altar is a table or platform for the presentation of religious offerings, for sacrifices, or for other ritualistic purposes. Altars are found at shrines, temples, churches, and other places of worship. They are used particularly in Christianity, Buddhism, Hinduism, and modern paganism. Many historical-medieval faiths also made use of them, including the Roman, Greek, and Norse religions.

thumb|right|upright|Roman statue of a veiled Vestal Virgin

thumb|Late medieval chalice in silver-gilt with enamels of Saints and Scenes from the Life of Christ thumb|Diagram showing the parts of a liturgical chalice.

communion bread used in the Lord's Supper

thumb|300px|Grapes being pressed to create must Must is freshly crushed fruit juice (usually grape juice) that contains the skins, seeds, and stems of the fruit. The solid portion of the must is called pomace and typically makes up 7–23% of the total weight of the must. Making must is the first step in winemaking. Because of its high glucose content, typically between 10 and 15%, must is also used as a sweetener in a variety of cuisines. Unlike commercially sold grape juice, which is filtered and pasteurized, must is thick with particulate matter, opaque, and comes in various shades of brown a

locked box in which, in some Christian churches, the Eucharist is stored

thumb|right|A traditional "solar" monstrance

thumb|A single chain thurible, as used by some Western churches right|thumb|Stained glass window depiction of a thurible, St. Ignatius Church, [[Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts]] thumb|Clockwise from upper left: Thurible, cup from inside thurible, incense boat, charcoal holder, and tongs|185x185px

liturgical container

thumb|Paten, 13th century, now part of the Ensemble for the celebration of the Eucharist (Metropolitan Museum of Art)|Metropolitan Museum of Art Ensemble for the celebration of the Eucharist thumb|Derrynaflan Chalice|Derrynaflan Paten, part of an 8th- or 9th-century communion set found in [[County Tipperary, Ireland]]

consecrated cloth upon which the chalice and paten are placed when the Mass is celebrated in the Roman Catholic church

thumb|A Western-style aspergillum thumb|Aspergillum in a silver aspersorium or situla

alcoholic drink served to commemorate the Eucharist

thumb|Aquamanile in the Form of a Lion

thumb|16th-century double piscina at the Franciscan friary in Kilconnell, Ireland A piscina is a shallow basin placed near the altar of a church, or else in the vestry or sacristy, used for washing the communion vessels. The sacrarium is the drain itself. Lutherans and Anglicans usually refer to the basin, calling it a piscina. For Catholics and Lutherans, a sacrarium is "special sink used for the reverent disposal of sacred substances. This sink has a cover, a basin, and a special pipe and drain that empty directly into the earth, rather than into the sewer system" (USCCB, Built of Living Sto

The antimins (from the Greek , Antimension: "instead of the table"), is a special corporal required to be on the altar in many Eastern Christian liturgical traditions. It was originally used as a portable version of an altar.

thumb|Pyx with Arabesques in Quatrofoil Frames, c. 13th century

Lamps used in churches or temples located close to Holy Tabernacle, representing the real presence of Jesus Christ.

envelope-like cover for a corporal or altar cloth

thumb|Ancient Egyptian flabella (top center) and lotus motifs. 1868, New York Public Library|NYPL picture collection A flabellum (plural flabella), in Christian liturgical use, is a fan made of metal, leather, silk, parchment or feathers, intended to keep away insects from the consecrated Body and Blood of Christ and from the priest, as well as to show honour. The ceremonial use of such fans dates back to Ancient Egypt, and an example was found in the tomb of Tutankhamun. A flabellum is also a fan-shaped structure on the fifth legs of horseshoe crabs (Xiphosura).

long, oblong veil or shawl worn over the shoulders of the celebrant of the Mass in the Roman Catholic tradition

thumb|A 14th-century lavabo as a niche (architecture)|niche recessed into the side wall of a sanctuary in [[Amblie, Normandy]] A lavabo is a device used to provide water for the washing of hands. It consists normally of a ewer or container of some kind to pour water, and a bowl to catch the water as it falls off the hands. In ecclesiastical usage it refers to all of: the basin in which the priest washes their hands; the ritual that surrounds this action in the Catholic Mass; and the architectural feature or fitting where a basin or place for one is recessed into the side wall of the sanctuary,

liturgical implement

side table used in the celebration of the Eucharist

liturgical object

Tablet or board that is kissed first by the priest and then by members of the congregation during Catholic Mass

liturgical implement used in Divine Liturgy in the Byzantine Rite

thumb|300px|Aër covering a Chalice and Diskos on the Prothesis (altar)|Prothesis

small, stoppered vessel for wine and water used in the celebration of the Christian Eucharist

typically a small hand-held bell or set of bell

Tabot (, sometimes spelled tabout) is a replica of the Ark of the Covenant, and represents the presence of God, in Ethiopian Orthodox and Eritrean Orthodox Churches. Tabot may variously refer to an inscribed altar tablet (tsellat or tsilit; Ge'ez: ጽላት tsallāt, modern ṣellāt), the chest in which this tablet is stored (menbere-tabot, or throne of the tabot), or to the tablet and chest together.

thumb|A manuterge for use at the Lavabo.

Catholic liturgical object

crucifix designed to be permanent adjunct to the altar

early musical instrument

altar positioned in a Christian church such that the celebrant of Holy Communion/Mass faces the congregation

metal coin once used by Reformed churches to grant admission to the Lord's Supper