SC - Byzantine Bread Stamps
Decker, Terry D.
TerryD at Health.State.OK.US
Tue Mar 14 08:08:52 PST 2000
> 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
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