Altar cruet

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Altar cruets in San Pedro church (Ayerbe, Spain)

An altar cruet or mass cruet is a small jug used in

amphoras
that, with the name of hama or amula, were used to receive and carry the chalices of the wine that the faithful offered at Mass.  Often they were richly decorated metal jugs. Others were made of glass or clay. The reduced form of the present cruets dates, at least, from the 12th century.


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