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Hanging pyxes

Scope note

Structures for suspending a vessel containing the Eucharist above the altar; may hang from a baldachin or altarpiece.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000257487

Equivalent Terms used

hanging pyx

Created

12yrs ago

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