See also:

• PAX (Lat. for " peace ")

PAX (See also:

• LAT

Lat. for " See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

peace ")  , the name given in ecclesiastical usage to a small See also:

• PANEL (O. Fr. panel, mod. panneau, piece of cloth, from Med. Lat. pannellus, diminutive of pannus, cloth)

panel or tablet decorated usually with a See also:

• REPRESENTATION

representation of the Crucifixion, which in the See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• RITUAL (from Lat. ritus, a custom, especially a religious rite or custom)

ritual was kissed at the eucharistic service by the celebrating See also:

• PRIEST (Ger. Priester, Fr. pretre)

priest, then by the other priests and deacons, and then by the See also:

• CONGREGATION (Lat. congregatio, a gathering together, from cum, with, grex, gregis, a flock, herd)

congregation . The " See also:

• PAX (Lat. for " peace ")

Pax " is also known by the names osculalorium, tabula pacis and pax-bred (i.e . " pax-See also:

• BOARD (O. Eng. bord)

board ") . The use of the " pax " See also:

• DATES

dates from the 13th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century, and it is said to have been first introduced in See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England in 1250 by See also:

• ARCHBISHOP (Lat. archiepiscopus, from Gr. apxceatorcoros)

Archbishop See also:

• WALTER, HUBERT (d. 1205)
• WALTER, JOHN (1738/9-1812)

Walter of See also:

• YORK
• YORK (HOUSE OF)
• YORK, EDMUND OF LANGLEY, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
• YORK, EDWARD
• YORK, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
• YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

York . It took the See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place of the actual " See also:

• KISS

kiss of See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

peace " (esculum sanctum, or osculum pacis) which was in the Roman See also:

• MASS (O.E. maesse; Fr. messe; Ger. Messe; Ital. messa; from eccl. Lat. missa)
• MASS, IN

Mass given by the See also:

• BISHOP (A.S. bisceop, from Lat. episcopus, Gr. irio-Korros, " overlooker " or " overseer ")
• BISHOP, ISABELLA (1832-1904)
• BISHOP, SIR HENRY ROWLEY (1786-1855)

bishop to the priests, and took place after the See also:

• CONSECRATION (Lat. consecrallo, from con and sacrare, " to make sacred ")

consecration and before communion . In the See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

Church the kiss (eipipm, b..Qaavµbs) takes place at the beginning of the service, and now consists in the celebrating priest kissing the See also:

• OBLATION

oblation and the See also:

• DEACON (Gr. S&& ovos, minister, servant)

deacon kissing his See also:

• STOLE (Lat. stela and orarium, Fr. etole, It. stola, Sp. estola, Ger. Stela)

stole (see F . E . Brightman, Liturgies Eastern and Western, 1886) . Owing to disputes over questions of See also:

• PRECEDENCE (from Lat. praecedere, to go before, precede)

precedence the kissing of the pax at the service of the Mass was given up . It is still used at times of See also:

• PRAYER (from Lat. precari, entreat; Ital. pregaria, Fr. priere)
• PRAYER, BOOK OF COMMON

prayer by religious communities or See also:

• SOCIETIES, LEARNED

societies . In the 15th and 16th centuries much See also:

• ARTISTIC

artistic skill was lavished on the pax, and beautiful examples of enamelled paxes with chased See also:

• GOLD
• GOLD [symbol Au, atomic weight 195.7(H = 1),197.2(0 =16)]

gold and See also:

• SILVER

silver framesare in the See also:

• BRITISH

British Museum . Though the Crucifixion is most usually represented, other religious subjects, such as the Virgin and See also:

• CHILD
• CHILD, FRANCIS JAMES (1825-1896)
• CHILD, L
• CHILD, LYDIA MARIA (1802-1880)
• CHILD, SIR FRANCIS (1642-1713)
• CHILD, SIR JOHN (d. 1690)
• CHILD, SIR JOSIAH (163o - 1699)

Child, the See also:

• ANNUNCIATION

Annunciation, the figures of See also:

• PATRON

patron See also:

• SAINTS, BATTLE OF THE

saints and the like, are found .

In the " Inventarie of the See also:

• PLATE

Plate, Jewells ...and other Ornaments appertayning to the Cathedrall Churche of Sayncte Paulo in See also:

• LONDON

London," 1552, we find two paxes mentioned; one "with the ymage of the Crucifix and of See also:

• MARIE

Marie and See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John all gylte with the Sonn alsoe and the Moone, the backsyde whereof is crymosin velvett," and another " with the ymage of our Ladie sett aboughte with x greate stones the backsyde whereof is grene velvett " (Hierurgia anglicana, pt. i., 1902) . PA X0 [Paxos], one of the Ionian Islands (q.v.), about 8 m . S. of the See also:

• SOUTHERN

southern extremity of See also:

• CORFU (anc. and mod. Gr. KEpKvpa or Kopiupa, Lat. Corcyra)

Corfu, is a hilly mass of See also:

• LIMESTONE

limestone 5 M. See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long by 2 broad, and not more than 600 ft. high . Fop. about 500o . Though it has only a single stream and a few springs, and the inhabitants were often obliged, before the Russians and See also:

• ENGLISH

English provided them with cisterns, to bring See also:

• WATER

water from the mainland, Paxo is well clothed with See also:

• OLIVES, MOUNT OF, or MOUNT OLIVET ("Opus 'EXc uwos or riov 'EXauav; mod. Jebel-et-Tur)

olives, which produce oil of the very highest quality . Gaion (or, less correctly, Gaia), the See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal See also:

• VILLAGE

village, lies on the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast, and has a small See also:

• HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

harbour . Towards the centre, on an See also:

• EMINENCE (Lat. eminentia)

eminence, stands Papandi, the See also:

• RESIDENCE (Latin residere, to remain behind, to dwell, reside)

residence of the bishop of Paxo, and throughcut the See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island are scattered a large number of churches, whose belfries add greatly to the picturesqueness of the views . On the See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west and See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south-west coasts are some remarkable caverns, of which an See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account will be found in See also:

• DAVY, SIR HUMPHRY

Davy's Ionian Islands, i . 66-71 . See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

Ancient writers—See also:

• POLYBIUS (c. 204–122 B.C.)

Polybius, See also:

• PLINY, THE ELDER
• PLINY, THE YOUNGER

Pliny, &c.—do not mention Paxos by itself, but apply the plural See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form Paxi (IIaEol) to Paxos and the smaller island which is now known as Antipaxo (the Propaxos of the Antonine Itinerary) . Paxos is the See also:

• SCENE (Fr. scene, Lat. scaena, Gr. oflvil, a tent or booth, a stage or scene)

scene of the curious See also:

• LEGEND (through the French from the med. Lat. legenda, things to be read, from legere, to read)

legend, recorded in See also:

• PLUTARCH
• PLUTARCH (Gr. llXoi rapxos) (c. A.D. 46–120)

Plutarch's De defectu oraculorum, of the cry " See also:

• PAN (" pasturer ")
• PAN (common in various forms to many Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Pfanne; it is generally taken to be an early adaptation in a shortened form of Lat. patina, shallow bowl or dish, from patere, to lie open)

Pan is dead " (see PAN) .