"Piscina A piscina is a shallow basin placed near the altar of a church, or else in the vestry or sacristy, used for washing the communion vessels. The sacrarium is the drain itself. Anglicans usually refer to the basin, calling it a piscina. Roman Catholics usually refer to the drain, and by extension, the basin, as the sacrarium. They are often made of stone and fitted with a drain, and are in some cases used to dispose of materials used in the sacraments and water from liturgical ablutions. They are found in Roman Catholic, Anglican, and Lutheran churches, and a"
"south side of the choir the piscina. It is in the wall fitted sink for washing of the stuff that the priest used at the Eucharist. The piscina is at a pointed arch alcove. Above the middle A stone list (the only one in Friesland), where the ampoules could be put on. If the priest rinse the dishes, he let God's water over God's field flowing. In the north wall is also considerable alcove, will be used as storage. The pulpit is from the 19th century and at a renovation put against the shaft wall. below is an altar stone"
"a special wash basin, called a piscina, the drain of which is properly called a ""sacrarium"" in which the drain flows directly into the ground to prevent sacred items such as used baptismal water from being washed into the sewers or septic tanks. The piscina is used to wash linens used during the celebration of the Mass and purificators used during Holy Communion. The cruets, chalice, ciborium, paten, altar linens and sometimes the Holy Oils are kept inside the sacristy. Sacristies are usually off limits to the general public. The word ""sacristy"" derives from the Latin ""sacristia"", sometimes spelled ""sacrastia"","
"included a drain, it is a piscina used for washing the church plate and other fittings, though the terms are often confused. In secular usage, it is an obsolete term for any sink or basin for washing hands, especially in a lavatory. The name """" (""I shall wash"" in Latin) is derived from the words of Psalm (KJV; in the Septuagint it is Psalm 25), which the celebrant traditionally recites while he/she/they washes his/her/their hands: ""I will wash my hands in innocency, so will I compass thine altar, O Lord"". The washing of hands during the recitation of these psalm"
"as ambries. They were rare in England until the 13th century, after which there is scarcely an altar without one. They frequently take the form of a double niche, with a shaft between the arched heads, which are often filled with elaborate tracery. If there is no drain, a niche for washing is a lavabo, though the usage of the two terms is confused. The purpose of the piscina or sacrarium is to dispose of water used sacramentally, by returning these particles directly to the earth. For this reason, it is connected by a pipe directly to the ground; otherwise"
"chapel contains a piscina (basin), which has a cusped head. On the wall there is an inscription in Latin warning of ""idle chatter in church"". The chancel measures by . The pointed chancel arch separating the chancel from the nave is in the Decorated style; it has two orders with wave moulding. The vestry at the north-east corner of the building is mostly constructed of dressed stone, which contrasts with the rubble of the rest of the church. The stained glass in the church dates mostly from the 19th century. It includes work by Ward and Hughes, William Wailes and"
"Diaconicon The diaconicon (; Slavonic: ""diakonik"") is, in Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholic churches, the name given to a chamber on the south side of the central apse of the church, where the vestments, books, etc., that are used in the Divine Services of the church are kept (the sacred vessels are kept in the Prothesis, which is on the north side of the sanctuary). The diaconicon contains the ""thalassidion"" (piscina), a sink that drains into an honorable place where liquids such as the water used to wash holy things may be poured, and where the clergy may wash their"
"double piscina with intersecting arches made from clunch. This said to be similar to the piscina in Jesus College Chapel, Cambridge. In the churchyard is a holy well. This was restored in the 1980s, and was dressed for the first time in September 1986. St Michael's Church, Longstanton St Michael's Church is a redundant Anglican church in the village of Longstanton, Cambridgeshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. The church stands at the south end of the village."
"The east window in the chancel has five lights with tracery. The nave is separated from the tower by a pointed arch. Between the nave and aisles there are arcades of four bays that have octagonal piers and pointed arches with wave moulding. There is a piscina (basin) in the south wall of the south aisle, and another in the north aisle. The chancel measures by . There are triple-sedilia (priest's seats) and a piscina, all in the Decorated style . The three seats and piscina date from the 14th century and all have arches with cinquefoils. There is a"
"and a wheel chair ramp to enter the pool. The pool contains two high dives and two low dives, along with a connected splash pad. Trained lifeguards are on duty during all pool hours to provide instruction and swimming tests every week. This venue is an A-frame chapel overlooking Parthenia Lake with an outside balcony and a rock staircase leading to the lake. The chapel has an updated Bridal & Groom room with private restrooms, and seats 270. It is named in honor of Dr. Kirkland, pastor of First Presbyterian Church from 1957-1963. The Temple venue consists of dinner seating"
"but badly damaged. These were always found on the right side of an altar and show that there was an altar at the end of this aisle in the Middle Ages. This piscina has no drain but there is a stone shelf above it. In the north aisle are four modern windows from the 19th-century rebuilding of this wall, using some old materials. The 14th-century door on the north side was formerly blocked but now serves as the entrance to the new parish rooms which were built at the start of the 21st century on the north side of the"
"south wall; all these contain Perpendicular tracery. There also is a doorway in the south wall of the chapel. The arcades are each of three bays with the arches carried on circular piers. There is a piscina in the south wall of the chancel, and brackets for statues on each side of the east window. At the southeast corner of the north aisle is another piscina, this one dating from the 14th century, but it is damaged. There is a third piscina in the chapel. The font is octagonal and dates from the 13th century. The communion rail is Jacobean"
"away the consecrated species or takes them away or keeps them for a sacrilegious purpose, incurs a ""latae sententiae"" excommunication reserved to the Apostolic See; a cleric, moreover, may be punished by another penalty, not excluding dismissal from the clerical state."" This applies to any action that is voluntarily and gravely disrespectful of the sacred species. Anyone, therefore, who acts contrary to these norms, for example casting the sacred species into the sacrarium or in an unworthy place or on the ground, incurs the penalties laid down. In the Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholic Churches the piscina is called a"
"In the north wall of the chancel is a piscina, over which are remaining parts of an Easter Sepulchre. These consist of panels carved with depictions of sleeping soldiers, angels, and Christ rising from the dead. There is another piscina in the south aisle wall. Beside the south doorway are the remains of a stoup. Also on the south wall is a simple alms box bearing the inscription ""Remember the Poor 1684"". The middle light of the east window, partly blocked by masonry, contains a canopied niche. The windows on each side contain 14th-century stained glass. The right window has"
"church are buttresses. At the west end is a two-light window. The north wall contains a door and two three-light windows, and in the south wall there are four three-light windows. The east window also has three lights. Some of the windows contain Decorated tracery, and in others the tracery is Perpendicular. Above the entrance to the porch is a coped parapet, and a stone inscribed with 1830. Inside the church, to the east of the door is a 14th-century piscina. In the west wall are five corbels. The upper two are plain and suggest the position of a former"
"wall is an aumbry, and a piscina with a motif of the sun. Piscina from mithran temple thought to be close by & has bulls head The pulpit is simple and Jacobean in style. Several carving reference knights templar origins The panelled choir stalls date from 1882, while all the other furnishings are 20th-century. The stained glass includes windows by Clayton and Bell. St Michael's Church, Torpenhow St Michael's Church is in the civil parish of Blennerhasset and Torpenhow, Cumbria, England. It is an active Anglican church in the deanery of Derwent, the archdeaconry of West Cumberland, and the diocese"
"subdivided with moulded shafts, pinnacles and tabernacle work; the seats are sometimes at different levels, the eastern being always the highest, and sometimes an additional niche is provided in which the piscina is placed. Sedilia In ecclesiastical architecture, sedilia (plural of Latin ""sedīle"", ""seat"") are seats, usually made of stone, found on the liturgical south side of an altar, often in the chancel, for use during Mass for the officiating priest and his assistants, the deacon and sub-deacon. The seat is often set back into the main wall of the church itself. Not all sedilia are stone; there is a"
"three-light north windows, a three-light east window, and a four-light west Perpendicular window. The interior of the church is plastered. Between the chancel and the chapel is a two-bay arcade supported by an octagonal pier, and between the nave and the north aisle is a similar arcade. The south arcade has three bays. In the south aisle is a simple piscina, and there is a piscina with an ogee arch in the north chapel. The font is a plain tub, dating possibly from the 13th century. The oak chapel screen dates from the 14th century and contains Decorated tracery. The"
"to the liturgical book specifying the functions of the deacon. Diaconicon The diaconicon (; Slavonic: ""diakonik"") is, in Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholic churches, the name given to a chamber on the south side of the central apse of the church, where the vestments, books, etc., that are used in the Divine Services of the church are kept (the sacred vessels are kept in the Prothesis, which is on the north side of the sanctuary). The diaconicon contains the ""thalassidion"" (piscina), a sink that drains into an honorable place where liquids such as the water used to wash holy things"
"arches. The north transept is solid panelling; the south with clear glazed doors to its full width. The north transept is today used as the church vestry room, and the south transept a meeting room with modern furniture. On the south wall of the south transept is a 14th-century piscina with a recessed trefoiled head, a re-cut quatrefoil drain, a head of a woman in a wimple carved at its apex, and a finial above. The nave is 13th century in origin, but was rebuilt in the 14th. At the west of the north wall is part of a 12th-century"
"towards the end of the 19th century. Two further brass vases were given in 1993 and the brass jug used baptismal services was acquired in 1996. A wooden cross made by a parishioner is in place when the brass cross is locked away. On the south (right hand) side of the church is the 13th-century piscina, in effect a sink where the communion vessels were washed. Adjacent is the Sedilia (priests' seats) inset in the wall with interesting stonework above. The first window on the south side is in memory of Rev. Beevor, vicar for 13 years, who died after"
"the Church. A person being baptized may choose either immersion in the pool or infusion, pouring of water from the font. The old baptismal font was relocated to the rear of the Nave, immediately inside the entrance doors, and an immersion pool, crafted of red granite, bronze, and marble from the original Communion rail, was added in the last renovation. The altar, the center of worship in the church, incorporates a base of gray marble and a red granite table like the granite of the Baptismal pool. The gray marble was taken from the original high altar, which was removed"
"a brass door engraved with the cross. Above this is a candelabra indicating that the Blessed Sacrament is preserved in the aumbry. On the altar table is the altar cross which is made of iron, gilded and inlaid with mosaic and mother of pearl; this dates from 1896. The earlier altar cross is now above the western door in the nave. On the south wall of the chancel is a triangle-headed piscina dating from the early 14th century; this was uncovered during the 1896 restoration. Also in the chancel are grave stones for three incumbents of the parish. On the"
"wall. The fact that the church is ""divided into two halves and standing in two different places"" has led to it being described as ""one of the oddest in England"". There are two recesses in the south wall, one of which is used as a piscina. Another ancient fixture that remains is a roughly executed carving of John Lewis (or Lews) and his wife Agnes, dated 1537. In the form of a triptych, it shows them kneeling and facing a central panel which has now been defaced beyond recognition but which would have shown a Crucifixion or Trinity scene. It"
"and corresponding chancel chapels – the north aisle arch has round columns and those to the south aisle arch are semi-octagonal. The wall to the chancel contains squints on each side. The structure of the nave roof has crown posts and tie beams. The roof of the chancel is barrel vaulted with moulded bosses. The south wall of the chancel contains a three-seat sedilia and a piscina. Piscina are also located in the south wall of the north aisle, the south wall of the south chapel and by the south door. A 17th-century staircase on the north wall of the"
"a piscina, an aumbry and a stoup. There is an elaborate canopied relief tomb niche, without tomb, with internal arch, with decorative bosses above, holding a cinquefoil with foliate bosses attached, and spandrels containing shields. The south chapel west stained glass window is c.1892. The north chapel has mirrored a more elaborate tomb niche including spandrels containing angels holding shields, and a castellated top with foliate cross. The church Perpendicular (""Pevsner"") or Decorated (""Cox"") octagonal font is c.1400, although re-cut, and includes a carving of Christ holding a chalice. ""Pevsner"" notes the church holding a chalice, cover and paten by"
"a mediaeval piscina. Another inscription, possibly late fifteenth century, is in the right window jamb of the easternmost north wall window. This is to Thomas ap Dafydd, proctor, and his wife Angharad. The great five-light east window is also of red stone, with nineteenth century late Gothic style tracery. There is an ornate semi-circular wooden ceiling with smaller panels along the ridge, moulded ribs and carved bosses, and brattished cornice each side above a row of little fan-vaults separating seven half-round panels with shield-bearing angels. The ceiling is finely finished with bosses at the intersection of the moulded principals and"
"a piscina from the 15th century. The alabaster font dates from 1666 and the poor box from 1680. Within the churchyard is a red sandstone base of a cross dating from the late 13th century. It is a Grade II* listed building and ancient monument. Church of St Peter, Williton The Anglican Church of St Peter in Williton in the English county of Somerset is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building. The earliest church on the site may have been the private chapel of a Saxon royal manor. In the 12th"
"stages and stands on a moulded plinth. It has an embattled parapet with gargoyles at the corners, and an octagonal spire. The gabled porch stands in centre of the south aisle, and leads to the Norman south doorway. In the south wall of the aisle are two three-light windows, one on each side of the porch. Along the south wall of the clerestory are four two-light windows. The chancel contains two two-light windows dating from about 1330, and a south doorway. Inside the church, there is a four-bay arcade carried on octagonal piers. In the chancel is a 14th-century piscina,"
"the sanctuary floor are early 20th century memorial mosaics, with a crypt below. The chancel contains a 14th century piscina with an ogee opening, but the piscina and the top of the sedilia are low on the wall to the right of the altar, indicating a raising of the stone floor which has 17th and 19th century ledgers. It has scribed render walls. The roof was restored in 1884, and is arch-braced with 4.5 bays. The ""tie-beam roof on corbelled brackets, with cusped arcading over the beams"" of the nave has been rebuilt and remodelled several times, but may perhaps"
"is a bellcote. Also at the west end of the nave is a three-light window containing Perpendicular tracery. The west window of the aisle consists of a single trefoiled light. The east window of the chancel has four trefoiled lights, and the window at the east end of the aisle has two round-headed lights. Inside the church is a four-bay arcade of round arches carried on octagonal piers. The capital of the easternmost pier is carved with images, including a dog chasing a hare, and a horn. In the chancel is a twin sedilia and a piscina. There are two"
"garments. The church is pacifist. At their services men sit on the east side and women on the west side. Women are believed to have healing powers. All services are performed outside. Initiation into the church is through water baptism, usually in pools of running water in rivers and streams. In urban environments the practice has been restricted as many streams and rivers in urban vicinities are polluted by industrial or domestic effluent. On baptism the convert is given a new name (usually a Hebrew or biblical one) by a prophet which name he will be called by from thence."
"roof. This indicates that this was a fortified building, and it is said to be the only stone barrel-vaulted church in England. Corbels at the west end support the bellcote and the parapet walk. The corbels elsewhere in the nave have an uncertain function, they possibly supported the centring over which the vault was built. As well a piscina on the south side of the chancel, there are piscinae in both transepts (indicating that they would originally have had altars); the piscina in the south transept has an ogee arch and recesses for aumbries. The font has a 14th century"