for
the clergy of the Gallican church, and an exposition of the rites and
ceremonies,) amongst appendages to an altar is enumerated "une credance ou
niche dans le mur a poser les burettes et le bassin," p. 536. And in
another place, "au coste de l'Autel il y faut une petite niche a poser les
burettes et le bassin, et y faire un trou en facon de piscine a fin que
l'eau se perde en terre." p. 568.

[190-+] "In cornu Epistolae ... ampullae vitreae vini et aquae cum pelvicula
et manutergio mundo in fenestella seu in parva mensa ad haec
praeparata"--Missale Romanum ex Decreto, &c. 1631.

"Calix vero et alia necessaria praeparentur in credentia cooperta linteo,
antequam sacerdos veniat ad altare."--Ibid.

[192-*] The earliest account of the sepulchre thus set up that I have yet
met with occurs in an inventory of church furniture, A. D. 1214, in which
is mentioned "_velum unum de serico supra sepulchrum_."

[193-*] "Table" was a word used to express any sculptured basso relievo,
more especially that inserted in the wall over an altar.

[199-*] A series of coloured engravings from the paintings on the walls of
this chapel, which were evidently executed at the close of the fifteenth
century, was published in 1807 by the late Mr. Thomas Fisher.

[200-*] By an injunction set forth by royal authority, A. D. 1539, it was
ordered, "That from henceforth the said Thomas Becket shall not be
esteemed, named, reputed, and called a saint, but Bishop Becket; and that
his images and pictures thorow the whole realme shal be pluckt downe and
avoided out of all churches, chapel, and other places."--Fox's
Martyrology.

[209-*] The locality, character, and construction of the confessional in
our ancient churches are not yet clearly elucidated. Du Cange described
the confessional, "_confessio_," simply as "cellula in qua presbyteri
fidelium confessiones excipiebant;" whilst according to De la Croix, in
his remarks on those of the Gallican churches in the middle of the
seventeenth century, "Les confessionaux doiuent estre a l'entree des
Eglises, et non pas aupres des Autels, ny dans le Choeur, ny en lieu
cache, et tousieurs vne ouuerture pour ecouter le Penitent, avec vn
treillis de bois ou autre estoffe, et vn volet pour le fermer, quand on
ecoute de l'vn des costez ouuert."

[210-*] The tabard or heraldic coat worn over the body armour, and still
worn by the heralds on state occasions.

[211-*] "Our churches stand full of such great pup