Cruet
cruet
Small vessel for containing the wine and water necessary for the celebration of Mass; two are always employed. The Roman Missal directs that they be made of glass but other materials, such as gold and silver, are sometimes used. In the early Church the wine for the Holy Sacrifice was brought by the faithful in a jar-shaped vessel and was poured by the deacon into the chalice . At the ordination of an acolyte , an empty cruet, symbolic of his duties, is presented to him by the bishop .
Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary
Cruet
A small vessel used for containing the wine and water required for the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. Two are always employed. The Roman Missal (Rubricæ Gen., XX) directs that they should be made of glass. This is the most suitable material because easily cleaned, and its transparency obviates danger of confounding the water and wine. Other materials, however, are used, such as gold, silver, and other precious metals. In this case it is advisable to have a V (Vinum) on the wine and an A (aqua) on the water cruet, so that one may be easily distinguished from the other. In shape nothing is prescribed, but the vessels should have a good firm base on which to stand securely and a fairly wide neck so as to admit of being easily cleansed. They should have a cover to keep away flies and insects. Formerly the wine for the Holy Sacrifice was brought by the faithful in a jar-shaped vessel. It was then received by the deacon and poured into the chalice, a vestige of which custom is still observable at the consecration of a bishop.
———————————–
PATRICK MORRISROE Transcribed by Marcia L. Bellafiore Image scanned by Wm Stuart French Jr.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume IVCopyright © 1908 by Robert Appleton CompanyOnline Edition Copyright © 2003 by K. KnightNihil Obstat. Remy Lafort, CensorImprimatur. +John M. Farley, Archbishop of New York
Fuente: Catholic Encyclopedia
Cruet
(Uraeolus, amula, burette) is a vase for-holding the water and wine used at holy communion. Johni de Garlande, writing cir. 1080, says there should be two cruets-one for wine, the other for water. The ancient cruets were very rarely of crystal or glass, generally of enamelled copper, and, in consequence, about the 14th century, were distinguished by the letters V and A to mark their contents. Several ancient examples are preserved one of the 13th century, at Paris; one, in the form of an angel, of the 14th century, at Aix-la-Chapelle; and another of the 14th or 15th century in the same cathedral, silver gilt. Sometimes the handle was made in the form of a dragon. After the time of the Renaissance the cruets were made of transparent material; there was one at Grandmont Abbey, however, of crystal, mounted in silver, of the 13th century, with an eagle engraved upon it. A cruet for oil, in bronze, used at the coronations of the emperors, and shaped like an antique bust, is preserved in the treasury of Aix-la-Chapelle. Four of silver, of the 9th century, are preserved in the Vatican; they are of classical form. SEE AMA; SEE AMPULLA.