Antimins
Template:Short description Template:More footnotes Template:Eucharist The antimins (from the Greek {{#invoke:Lang|lang}}, Antimension: "instead of the table"), is a special corporal required to be on the altar in many Eastern Christian liturgical traditions.<ref name=":0">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> It was originally used as a portable version of an altar.<ref name=":1">Template:Cite journal</ref>
It is a rectangular piece of cloth of either linen or silk, typically decorated with representations of the Descent of Christ from the Cross, the Four Evangelists, and inscriptions related to the Passion. A small relic of a martyr is sewn into it. In the Latin Church of the Catholic Church, an altar stone serves a similar function<ref name=":0" /> and in the Coptic Church, it has been replaced by a wooden altar-board or altar-slab.<ref name=":1" />
Syriac practiceEdit
A wooden tablet, the ţablîtho, is the liturgical equivalent of the antimins in the churches of Syriac tradition.
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Further readingEdit
- Antimensium article in the Catholic Encyclopedia
- Coptic Antimensium article in the Claremont Coptic Encyclopedia