10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CERECLOTH»
Discover the use of
cerecloth in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
cerecloth and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The New Altar Guild Book
Cerecloth Historically, a cerecloth covered a bare stone altar to protect from
dampness the cloths placed on top of it. On a wooden altar a cerecloth protects
those cloths from stains. Cerecloth was heavy waxed linen, a product no longer
being ...
Barbara Gent, Betty Sturges, 2003
2
Ritual, Belief and the Dead in Early Modern Britain and Ireland
During the building work, Thomas's wooden coffin was discovered and “at the
curious desire of some, and the earnest motion of others”, it was opened. Inside,
the body of the marquis was found wrapped in a cerecloth (fabric impregnated
with ...
3
Archaeologia: Or Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to Antiquity
Many other instances might be produced, wherein cerecloth is, in the barbarous
la- tinity, called, pannus lineus ceratus ; but I cannot recollect one to the contrary.
Farther : should the words ceram exjftentem circa corpus be tranflated the ...
4
Archaeologia: Or, Miscellaneous Tracts, Relating to Antiquity..
Many other instances might be produced, wherein cerecloth is in the barbarous
la- tinity called, pannus lineus ceratus; but I cannot recollect one to the contrary.
Farther : mould the words, ceram exiftentem circa corpus be tranflated the ...
5
The Life of Sir Thomas Seymour: Knight, Baron Seymour of ...
Upon removing what covered the face, they discovered the features, and
particularly the eyes, in perfect preservation. Alarmed at this sight, and with the
smell, which came principally from the cerecloth, they ordered the ground to be
thrown in ...
Alarmed at this sight, and with the smell, which came principally from the
cerecloth, they ordered the ground to be thrown in immediately, without
judiciously closing up the cerecloth and lead which covered the face, only
observing enough of ...
CERECLOTH. To make a Cerecloth. Take Virgin Wax, Deers Suet, Rosen. Pitch,
and Barrowes grease, of each a like, and boil them together until they be half
consumed, then do it abroad upon a linnen cloth somewhat thin, and lay it to the
...
8
The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, ...
A square opening was then made in the upper part of the lid, cf such dimensions
as to admit a clear insight into its contents. These were, an internal wooden coffin
, very much decayed, and the body carefully wrapped in cerecloth, into the folds ...
9
The Annual Register, or a View of the history, politicks and ...
A- larmed at this fight, and with the smell, which came principally from the
cerecloth, they ordered the ground to be thrown in immediately without
judiciously closing up the cerecloth and lead, which covered the face : only
observing enough of ...
A- larmcd at this sight, and with the smell, which came principally from the
cerecloth, they ordered the ground to be thrown in immediately without
judiciously closing up the cerecloth and lead, which covered the face : only
observing enough of ...
5 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CERECLOTH»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
cerecloth is used in the context of the following news items.
What a beheading feels like: The science, the gruesome spectacle …
When Oliver Cromwell's corpse was decapitated at Tyburn, it took the axeman eight blows to cut through the layers of cerecloth that wrapped ... «Salon, Feb 15»
Christians protest Kot Radha Kishan incident throughout Pakistan
In Peshawar, Christian and Hindu communities protested outside Press Club wearing cerecloth. They blocked the Sher Shah Suri Road for ... «dunyanews.tv, Nov 14»
In Memoriam as We Await Ariel Sharon's Decent into Death
Too sick to rise, and too mean to die, the figure under the thin cerecloth reminds of Greene's Harry Lime, the character whose final internment ... «Intifada Palestine, Jan 14»
[the metal issue] How to explain black metal to your editor
Peste Noire creates emotional moments with melodies and solos clearly cut from traditional BM cerecloth, but introduces tension by juxtaposing ... «The Phoenix, Aug 12»
Friday: Cerecloth Feature
Pizza flown in for a Super Bowl tailgate party in Tampa, Fla. Barton Silverman/The New York TimesPizza flown in for a Super Bowl tailgate party ... «New York Times, Nov 11»
