ANTEPENDIUM - ÉGLISE SAINT MAUR

Description

Antependium of Bouxurulles. What is it? It is a piece of art used to decorate the front of the altar of a church, but the one in Bouxurulles, exhibited in the church of Saint Maur, has a rather peculiar history...

There are very few copies of this type in France. The side symbolising the Eucharist was regularly used for ordinary masses, when the more austere side decorated with skulls on a black backgroun was used during funeral ceremonies.

The most interesting fact is that this work of art was not found for several centuries before it was discovered in 2014 by a carpenter who was restoring the liturgical pieces of furniture of the church...