Antimins
Template:Short description Template:More footnotes Template:Sidebar with collapsible lists The antimins (from the Greek Script error: No such module "Lang"., Antimension: "instead of the table"), is a special corporal required to be on the altar in many Eastern Christian liturgical traditions.[1] It was originally used as a portable version of an altar.[2]
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the Latin Church of the Catholic Church, an altar stone serves a similar function[1] and in the Coptic Church, it has been replaced by a wooden altar-board or altar-slab.[2]
Syriac practice
A wooden tablet, the ţablîtho, is the liturgical equivalent of the antimins in the churches of Syriac tradition.
See also
References
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Further reading
- Antimensium article in the Catholic Encyclopedia
- Coptic Antimensium article in the Claremont Coptic Encyclopedia