A poet admires the bee sucking from the chalice of a flower and says it exists to suck the fragrance of flowers.
According to the Chalice Well Trust, the organization that owns and manages the Chalice Well, the ancient well has been in existence and use for more than two thousand years.
According to the decisions of the Congregation of Rites chasubles must not be of linen, cotton or woollen stuffs, but of silk; though a mixture of wool (or linen and cotton) and silk is allowed if the silk completely cover the other material on the outer side; spun glass thread, as a substitute for gold or silver thread, is also forbidden, owing to the possible danger to the priest's health through broken fragments falling into the chalice.
Admirers of inspirational and symbolic jewelry will love Chalice Well pendants and the jewelry's connection to both Christianity and Arthurian legend.
An omophorion of the 11th or 12th century, with scenes from the Gospel in needlework, and a chalice of the 15th century with enamels, given by Cardinal Bessarion, the predecessor of Giuliano della Rovere as commendatory of the abbey, are among its treasures.
Arthurian lore fans also travel to Chalice Well, in hope of finding a proof that a legend may have lived.
At a recent pilgrimage of 50,000, one small chalice was quite adequate for the tiny number of communicants.
Being handed the CEO job at the world's largest media company during an unprecedented advertising downturn might appear to be a poisoned chalice.
Both statue and chalice were removed by the Jesuits in 1623.
But some irregular forms of reservation still continued; the prohibition as regards the lay people was not extended, at any rate with any strictness, to the clergy and monks; the Eucharist was still carried on journeys; occasionally it was buried with the dead; and in a few cases the pen was even dipped in the chalice in subscribing important writings.
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Colson's eye had drifted to a golden chalice on a shelf in the far corner.
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For the various forms which the "chalice" so used has taken, see Drinking-Vessels and Plate.
He knew very well that the theologians of his church almost without exception held that the handing over of the paten and chalice with the words, " Receive power of offering sacrifice," &c., were the essential matter and form of ordination to the priesthood; indeed he published the decree of Eugenius IV.
Here the Grail, the chalice of the Last Supper, is at the same time, as in the Gawain stories, self-acting and food-supplying.
However, there are some metaphysical websites that also sell versions of the Chalice Well pendant.
In commemoration, a large silver chalice was made, with his name ascribed upon it.
In the Hussite wars, after its capture by the utraquist, Leitmeritz remained true to "the Chalice," shared also in the revolt against Ferdinand I., and suffered in consequence.
Is the council tax going to be her poisoned chalice?
It is certainly easy to believe that King Arthur held Excalibur by Chalice Well.
It is mainly, if not wholly, known to English readers through the medium of Malory's translation of the Erench Quete du Saint Graal, where it is the cup or chalice of the Last Supper, in which the blood which flowed from the wounds of the crucified Saviour has been miraculously preserved.
It was very similar to the present ordinal except that the words " for the office and work of a Priest in the Church of God, now committed unto thee by the Imposition of our hands " were wanting, and the chalice or cup with the bread were delivered, as well as a Bible, to each newly-ordained priest.
Jewish shekels were first coined by Simon the Hasmonean, probably in 139-138 B.C. These bear inscriptions in the archaic Hebrew and various emblems, such as the cup or chalice, the lily branch with three flowers, the candlestick, the citron and palm branch and so forth.
Many believe that the ancient well in Glastonbury, Somerset, located in the Vale of Avalon between Glastonbury Tor and Chalice Hill, is a place of great power, holiness and healing.
No, it's sort of like a poison chalice.
Our group designated the task of carrying the crystal chalice to the map holder.
Pagan lore claims that the Chalice Well is a symbol of the sacred feminine.
Pilgrims of many faiths come to meditate at the Chalice Well garden and drink water from the well.
Pope Leo XII gave a silver gilt chalice in recognition of his service to the Papacy; this is now at Blair's Museum.
Quete, and is regarded as the chalice of the Last Supper.
She also gave her jewels to be inserted into a new chalice.
The Armenian Church does not use the "mixed chalice."
The Chalice Well garden became a World Peace Garden in 2001.
The Chalice Well pendant will appeal to anyone who enjoys jewelry inspired by legend.
The Chalice Well Trust sells pendants on location and a small selection of pendants online.
The communion plate includes a cup and cover paten of 1569 and a modern chalice.
The communion plate includes a silver chalice dated 1612.
The double-handled blue-glass vase in the British Museum,dating from the 5th century, is probably a chalice, as it closely resembles the chalices represented on early Christian monuments.
The famous Chalice Well symbol featured on the cover of the well, was created by architect and archaeologist Frederick Bligh in 1919.
The fine facade built by that king was formerly adorned with a statue of King George, who was represented as holding a sword pointing upward to a representation of the chalice, the emblem of the Hussite Church.
The mixed chalice was ordered to be used, and the Agnus Dei to be sung during the Communion of the people.
The museum of antiquities (1874) contains an exquisite chalice of the year 1425 and some pictures and portraits by Wouter Crabeth the younger, Corn.
The patient's skin burns, that of a frog is cold to the touch; therefore tie to the foot of the bed a frog, bound with red and black thread, and wash down the sick man so that the water of ablution falls 1 In its technical ecclesiastical sense the ablution is the ritual washing of the chalice and of the priest's fingers after the celebration of Holy Communion in the Catholic Church.
The spoon shows him holding a chalice or " the cup of sorrow " .
There are a number of different interpretations of the Chalice Well symbol in jewelry.
There is preserved in the church a silver chalice or cup, supposed to be over 200 years old.
They are small slabs of hard stone, just large enough for the chalice and paten.
This doctrine became the watchword of the moderate Hussites who were known as the Utraquists or Calixtines (calix, the chalice), in Bohemian, podoboji; while the more advanced Hussites were soon known as the Taborites, from the city of Tabor that became their centre.
Visitors to Chalice Well can explore an orchard and special garden, which houses Chalice Well, a Healing Pool, Lion Head Fountain and the Vesica Pool.
When, in the eucharistic service, water is mixed with the wine, the "chalice" is known as the "mixed chalice."
Yet even in the middle ages kings of Christian countries were buried with their swords and spears, and queens with their spindles and ornaments; the bishop was laid in his grave with his crozier and comb; the priest with his chalice and vestments; and clay vessels filled with charcoal (answering to the urns of heathen times) are found in the churches of France and Denmark.
You might find the symbol of a flaming chalice embroidered over the pulpit drop or painted on the wall.