VISITATION ON CLOTH (DETAIL OF ALTAR CLOTH) 1410, MUSEUM OF APPLIED ARTS, FRANKFORT, GERMANY
AROUND THE WORLD AND THROUGH THE CENTURIES WITH THE UNBORN
CHRIST CHILD
Museum of Applied Arts-Frankfort, Germany
Visitation - Detail from Frontal - German - wool, linen and silk
An antependium (Latin: "to hang before"), more commonly known as a hanging cloth, or, when speaking specifically of the hanging for the altar, an altar frontal (Latin: pallium altaris), is a decorative piece of material that can adorn a Christian altar, lectern, pulpit, or table. Specifically, an antependium hangs down in front of whatever it covers, and is to be distinguished from the altar linens which are used in the service of the Eucharist, and an altar cloth which covers the top of the altar.
"One of the most beautiful moments in history was that when pregnancy met pregnancy when child bearers became the first heralds of the King of Kings."Archbishop Fulton Sheen, The World's First Love.
"Now Elizabeth didn't recognize what was in Mary's womb as a "fetus." No One less than God the Holy Spirit gave Elizabeth the gift to recognize that what was alive in her cousin's womb, was already a person. And that person was her Lord (God)." Charles Hoffman, The Holy Rosary Rich in Jewish Tradition
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