See also:

• THURIBLE (Lat. thuribulum or turibulum, thus or tus, incense, Gr. Ms, from Ou&av, to offer a burnt sacrifice, cf. Skr. dhuma and Lat. fumus, smoke)

THURIBLE (See also:

• LAT

Lat. thuribulum or turibulum, thus or tus, See also:

• INCENSE

incense, Gr. Ms, from Ou&av, to offer a burnt See also:

• SACRIFICE (from Lat. sacrificium; sacer, holy, and facere, to make)

sacrifice, cf. Skr. dhuma and Lat. fumus, See also:

• SMOKE (from O. Eng. smeocan, to smoke, reek, cf. Dutch meek, Ger. Schmauch, probably allied to Gr. vol9caiv)

smoke)  , the ecclesiastical See also:

• TERM

term for a censer, a portable See also:

• VESSEL (O. Fr. vaissel, from a rare Lat. vascellum, dim. of vas, vase, urn)

vessel in which burning See also:

• INCENSE

incense (q.v.) can be carried . The censer, to use the more See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general term, is a vessel which contains burning See also:

• CHARCOAL

charcoal on which the aromatic substances to be burned are sprinkled . The See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early Jewish portable censer would seem to have been a bowl with a handle, resembling a ladle . A similar See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form was used by the See also:

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

ancient Egyptians See also:

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

long See also:

• PRIOR (from Lat. prior—former, and hence superior, through O. Fr. priour)
• PRIOR, MATTHEW (1664-1721)

prior to the Jewish use . There are very numerous representations on the monuments; in some the censer appears as a small See also:

• CUP (in O.E. cuppe; generally taken to be from Late Lat. cuppa, a variant of Lat. cupa, a cask, cf. Gr. KuaeXXov)

cup or bowl held by a human See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand to which a long handle is attached on which is a small See also:

• BOX
• BOX (Gr. irl or, Lat. buxus, box-wood; cf. 2r6Eir, a pyx)

box to hold the incense . The See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek and See also:

• ROMAN

Roman censers (Bviscar, pcov and turibulum or thuribulum) are of quite different shape . They are small portable braziers (foculi) of See also:

• BRONZE

bronze or sometimes of See also:

• SILVER

silver and of highly ornate See also:

• DESIGN (Fr. desiin, drawing; Lat. designare, to mark out)

design . One type took the form of a See also:

• CANDELABRUM (from Lat. candela, a taper or candle)

candelabrum with a small See also:

• FLAT (a modification of O. Eng. flet, an obsolete word of Teutonic origin, meaning the ground beneath the feet)

flat See also:

• BRAZIER (from the Fr. brasier, which comes from braise, hot charcoal)

brazier on the See also:

• TOP (cf. Dan. top, Ger. Topf, also meaning pot)

top . They were carried in processions and were lifted by cords . Terra See also:

• COTTA
• COTTA, BERNHARD VON (1808—1879)
• COTTA, GAIUS AURELIUS (c. 124—73 B.c.)

cotta censers have also been found of a similar shape . The censers or thuribles in See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

Christian usage have been specially adapted to be swung, though there are in existence many early specimens of heavy See also:

• WEIGHT

weight and made of See also:

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

gold or silver which were obviously not meant to be used in this way and have handles and not chains . The See also:

• THURIBLE (Lat. thuribulum or turibulum, thus or tus, incense, Gr. Ms, from Ou&av, to offer a burnt sacrifice, cf. Skr. dhuma and Lat. fumus, smoke)

thurible, the proper ecclesiastical term for the vessel in the Western 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, is usually spherical in form, though often square or polygonal, containing a small receptacle for the charcoal and covered by a perforated lid; it is carried and swung by three chains, a See also:

• FOURTH

fourth being attached to the lid, thus allowing it to be raised at intervals for the See also:

• VOLUME

volume of See also:

• SMOKE (from O. Eng. smeocan, to smoke, reek, cf. Dutch meek, Ger. Schmauch, probably allied to Gr. vol9caiv)

smoke to be increased .

The early thuribles were usually See also:

• SIMPLE

simple in design; but in the See also:

• MEDIEVAL

medieval See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period an architectural form was given to the lids by ornamenting them with towers, battlements and traceries, varying according to the prevalent See also:

• GOTHIC

Gothic See also:

• STYLE
• STYLE (from Gr. a-6'1ms, a column; a different word from that used in literature, see below)

style of the period . A censer lid with a See also:

• LATE

late Saxon See also:

• TOWER (Lat. turris; Fr. tour, clocker; Ital. torre; Ger. Thurm)

tower upon it, now in the See also:

• BRITISH

British Museum, See also:

• DATES

dates from the r2th See also:

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

century or earlier .