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<html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <meta name="Template" content="C:\PROGRAM FILES\MICROSOFT OFFICE\OFFICE\html.dot"> <meta name="GENERATOR" content="Microsoft FrontPage Express 2.0"> <title>ztabernacle</title> </head> <body bgcolor="#FFFFCC" link="#0000FF" vlink="#800080"> <a href="http://www.suffolkchurches.co.uk/zglossindex.htm"><img src="zgloss.gif" border="0" width="190" height="53"></a> Tabernacle. In a Catholic church, the place where the Blessed Sacrament is reserved between <a href="zmass.htm">Masses</a>. It is usually a free-standing cupboard, but may be built into the back of an <a href="zaltar.htm">altar</a>. A fine 19th century example is at <a href="stpancrasips.htm">Ipswich St Pancras</a>. Where the sacrament is reserved in an Anglican church, it is usually in an <a href="zaumbrey.htm">aumbry</a>. <a href="zanglocatholic.htm">Anglo-catholic</a> churches with tabernacles include <a href="kettlebaston.htm">Kettlebaston</a> and <a href="stbartholomewipswich.htm">Ipswich St Bartholomew</a>; but, of course, neither of these are medieval. In medieval days, the sacrament was usually reserved in a <a href="zpyx.htm">pyx</a>. Tabernacle work is something quite different. This means the decorating of a reredos, font cover, porch, etc, with canopied niches containing figures. The best tabernacle work in England is on the font cover at <a href="Ufford.htm">Ufford</a>. </body> </html>

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