Altar Bells & Canon Boards

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CANON OF THE MASS / CANON MISSAE / CANON ACTIONIS / ANAPHORA. CATHOLIC LATIN MASS CANON-BOARDS / ALTAR-CARDS (MOSTLY THREE OF THEM, THE LARGEST IN THE MIDDLE) AS ASSISTANCE FOR THE PRIEST. LEFT ONE: EVANGELIUM-SITE / RIGHT ONE: EPISTLE-SITE / MIDDLE: GLORIA, CREDO ETC. MOSTLY BAROQUE, ROMAN OR GOTHIC BRASS FRAMES WITH ENAMEL OR STONES / PRINTED, HAND-WRITTEN, HAND-COLOURED ETC. ALSO CANON-BOARDS WITH TIMBER POLYCHROME FRAMES; LATIN TEXT BEHIND GLASS. USE OF LATIN MASS CANON-BOARDS ABOLISHED BY THE LAST VATICAN COUNCIL (1962)

Altar Bell Use at Mass

"A little before the Consecration, when appropriate, a server rings a bell as a signal to the faithful. According to local custom, the server also rings the bell as the priest shows the host and then the Chalice The usual moment chosen for giving the signal of the approach of the Consecration is when the priest stretches out his hands over the host and the chalice while reciting the epiclesis, but another moment traditionally used for this purpose is at the first words of the Sanctus. Pre-1970 editions of the Roman Missal, prescribed the choice of the Sanctus as the moment for the signal, but ringing the bell at both the Sanctus and the epiclesis was common practice in the first half of the twentieth century.They also prescribed a triple ringing of the bell at each showing of the consecrated elements.

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