tabernacle
Marystown Heritage Museum
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| Nom de l'objet : | tabernacle |
| Classification de l'objet : | man-made artefact |
| Catégorie de l'objet : | communication artefact |
| Sous-catégorie de l'objet : | ceremonial artefact |
| Discipline : | church history history of religion history social history |
| Matériaux : | wood paint metal |
| Technique de fabrication : | sawn carved painted cast |
| Numéro de catalogue : | M-006-5-01 |
| Province d'origine : | pre-confederation Newfoundland Newfoundland and Labrador |
| Pays d'origine : | Canada Dominion of Newfoundland |
| Continent d'origine : | North America |
| Province d'utilisation : | pre-confederation Newfoundland Newfoundland and Labrador |
| Pays d'utilisation : | Canada Dominion of Newfoundland |
| Culture : | pre-confederation Newfoundland Canadian |
| Secteur géo-culturel : | North American |
| Contexte culturel : | religious ceremony |
| Date de fin de production : | c 1900 |
| Période : | early 20th century |
| Description : | This rectangular tabernacle has a Gothic arch-shaped door in its centre with a lock on one side. Two flying buttress-like structures are attached to the two front corners. Around the edge of the door is a carved, scalloped pattern, which is painted with gold-coloured paint. In the centre of the door are carved a cross and the letters IHS. These are also painted gold. On either side of the upper portion of the door is a gold-painted, leaf-like carving. Eleven X-shaped carvings run across the upper portion of the front and sides of the tabernacle. These are also painted gold. |
| Commentaires : | This tabernacle was used to hold Communion bread and placed on or near the alter for Catholic Mass. Tabernacles are generally constructed of wood, stone, or metal, are either round or rectangular in shape, and have a means of locking. They are ritually blessed before use. The consecrated Hosts (bread) are generally held in a ciborium inside the tabernacle. The tabernacle also usually holds a corporal, a square piece of white linen which is placed beneath any vessel holding the Eucharist. The tradition of the tabernacle derives from the portable shrine built by the Israelites for housing the Ark of the Covenant. This tabernacle was handcarved by a local person, whose name is unknown, and was used in the chapel/school at Beau Bois, which later became Marystown. Beau Bois, the first settlement in Mortier Bay, was identified on a chart by Captain Cook in 1770, and first had a church in 1845. Marystown got its first Parish Priest, Father E. J. Wilson, in 1909. Prior to that, the Parish Priest from Burin looked after the spiritual needs of the Marystown Catholic community. |
| Fonctions : | This tabernacle was used to hold bread for Catholic Communion. |
| Hauteur : | 60 |
| Longueur : | 51 |
| Largeur : | 33 |
| Unité de mesure linéaire : | cm |
| Nombre d'objets : | 1 |
| Nombre de parties composantes : | 1 |
| Nom des parties composantes : | tabernacle |
| Objets associés : | see also M-003-148 |
| Étiquette ou poinçon : | IHS |
| Translittération de l'inscription : | IHS |
| Établissement : | Marystown Heritage Museum |
| Ville de l'établissement : | Marystown |
| Province de l'établissement : | Newfoundland and Labrador |
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