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HAGIOSCOPE (from Gr. ayior, holy, and...

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Originally appearing in Volume V12, Page 817 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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HAGIOSCOPE (from Gr. ayior, See also:holy, and o•KOaeiv, to see)  , in See also:architecture, an opening through the See also:wall of a See also:church in an oblique direction, to enable the worshippers in the transepts or other parts of the church, from which the See also:altar was not visible,to see the See also:elevation of the See also:Host . As a See also:rule these hagioscopes, or " squints " as they are sometimes called, are found on one or both sides of the See also:chancel See also:arch . In some cases a See also:series of openings has been cut in the walls in an oblique See also:line to enable a See also:person See also:standing in the See also:porch (as in See also:Bridgewater church, See also:Somerset) to see the altar; in this See also:case and in other instances such openings were sometimes provided for an attendant, who had to See also:ring the Sanctus See also:bell when the Host *as elevated . Though rarely met with on the See also:continent of See also:Europe, there are occasions where they are found, so as to enable a See also:monk in one of the vestries to follow the service and communicate with the bell-ringers .

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