Religious utensils mb-artistname Charles Sprague Pearce December 24

December 24

Standard equipment included a sliding roof

After his execution

by William Herschel

the 17th century traveller

Religious utensils mb-artistname Charles Sprague Pearce December 24Religious utensils, c1520, (1843). Copy of a detail from a picture by John Schoorel of the Death of the Virgin, showing some of the principal religious utensils in use at the beginning of the sixteenth century. The brush leaning against the wall (aspersorium, or sprinkler), was used for sprinkling holy water. The small vase nearby is the holy water vat. The book lying open on the table is a psalter. The string of beads is a rosary. Over the cupboard,