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Description: | Drawing of an architectural detail from St Mary the Virgin's Church, in Gillingham village in Kent. This is a piscina found in the wall of the chancel. Most medieval churches had a piscina besides the altar. This was a basin and drain set in the wall, used to wash the vessels used during mass. After the Reformation, piscinas were redundant although they remained an architectural fitting of the church. | License: | http://www.bl.uk/services/copy/permission.html | Rights holder: | British Library | Source: | Collect Britain | Creator: | Fisher, J. | Identifier: | http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/personal... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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