thurifer

There are numerous factual errors, for example, confusing thurifer for aspergil (48), maintaining that Francis's rule of 1223 included a provision for the Third Order (60), asserting that Pythagoras named a mode after the Lesbian people of ancient Greece (176), confusing Richard Gelineau for Joseph Gelineau (246), misquoting the dates of Vatican II (1961-1964 rather than 1962-1965) (249).

The sacred procession is led by a thurifer who swings his censer in great looping arcs.

When the thurifer (the incense boy) kneels before the altar at the consecration and incenses the sacred elements, the same point is made.

The procession of thurifer and "master"--the server who supposedly knew what he was doing--came to the center of the sanctuary.

These characters were accompanied by a thurifer with a thurible, a crucifer with a processional cross, a banner bearer carrying a large banner with an image of the Virgin, and candle bearers, all wearing albs.

Incense, poured over burning coal, was swung in a thurifer by an assisting priest or a server.

Husband William, attired in alb, was thurifer for the liturgy.

From the thirteenth century on black curtains and candles were placed behind the host to illuminate it, and thurifers took extra care so as not to obscure the species with thick clouds of incense.