Traditional † Catholicism

So our Mass goes back, without essential change, to the age when it first developed out of the oldest liturgy of all. It is still redolent of that liturgy, of the days when Cæsar ruled the world and thought he could stamp out the faith of Christ, when our fathers met together before dawn and sang a hymn to Christ as to a God. The final result of our enquiry is that, in spite of unsolved problems, in spite of later changes, there is not in Christendom another rite so venerable as ours. ~Fortescue

Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Some things I found very recently

Here are some of the many things I found a few days ago. I have included the description I found along with the pictures/illustrations/water-colors, etc.

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Cameriere particolare del papa pel servizio ecclesiastico [The real Papal Flabellum is much bigger than the one depicted here].