SC - Byzantine Bread Stamps

[Decker, Terry D.]

> In a message dated 3/14/00 1:31:18 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
> zoe at antir.com 
> writes:
> 
> << I was perusing some Byzantine links and came up with  
> these really neat 
> bread presses.  Looking at them I'm not so sure how they 
> would be used 
> though. Pressed into flat breads >>
> 
> These would have been used to impress the wafers used in 
> church services and 
> festivals. Such wafers although called bread are what is used 
> in the church. 
> 
> Ras

While I would expect wafers due to modern usage, this does not rule out the
possibility of small loaves of bread for use in a Medieval Communion
service.

Bear