Andalusian Censer with chain- Bronze -DELUXE- Limited Edition

chain censerAndalusian style has three chains and a fourth to lift the lid. Due to its resistant chains it is possible to swing it in processions. Great quality piece.

Ideal for burning grain incense in brotherhoods and processions.

It includes a tray that collects ashes and a measuring spoon.

Measures:

26cm x 12cm (height/width)

Height with chains: 40 cm

Theincense burnersor also called thurible, are containers to burn incense that is used in certain religious celebrations. They are known in Jewish and even in Egyptian and Greco-Roman antiquity, they were adopted by the church from the first centuries, as evidenced by historical documents and figurative representations in frescoes and miniatures of codices of the High Middle Ages. But of them it does not seem that copies prior to the twelfth century are preserved. The first incense burners must have had the shape of an urn with a perforated lid and from the aforementioned paintings it can be inferred that as early as the 10th century they took the shape of a globe and must have been handled with three or four chains. Since ancient times, incense has been considered in many cultures in a religious way as a purifier or purifier (from the point of view of magical thinking) as one of the elements of exorcism in various religions.

The bearers of censers during Holy Mass are calledthuriferous.