Ecclesiastical drinking vessels for eucharistic wine having a stem, often with a central knop, and a foot

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Is it safe? : the chalice and AIDS / Terrence Higgins Trust.

The crucified Christ bleeds into cups held by attending angels. Woodcut.

The Virgin Mary with the Christ Child and Saint John the Baptist, Saint John the Evangelist and Saint Catherine of Alexandria. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after Annibale Carracci.

The arms of a man emerge from the darkness holding a silver communion cup into which a condom is about to be dropped; a safe-sex and AIDS prevention message. Lithograph by T. Kanar, 1993.

The agony of Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane. Etching.

The agony in the garden; the cup lies before Jesus; an angel descends to strengthen him. Etching.

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Chalices

Images from the collections

Images referencing Chalices

Works from the collections

The arms of a man emerge from the darkness holding a silver communion cup into which a condom is about to be dropped; a safe-sex and AIDS prevention message. Lithograph by T. Kanar, 1993.

The agony of Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane. Etching.

The crucified Christ bleeds into cups held by attending angels. Woodcut.

The agony in the garden; the cup lies before Jesus; an angel descends to strengthen him. Etching.

The Virgin Mary with the Christ Child and Saint John the Baptist, Saint John the Evangelist and Saint Catherine of Alexandria. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after Annibale Carracci.

Chalices

Images from the collections

Images referencing Chalices

Works from the collections

The arms of a man emerge from the darkness holding a silver communion cup into which a condom is about to be dropped; a safe-sex and AIDS prevention message. Lithograph by T. Kanar, 1993.

The agony of Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane. Etching.

The crucified Christ bleeds into cups held by attending angels. Woodcut.

The agony in the garden; the cup lies before Jesus; an angel descends to strengthen him. Etching.

The Virgin Mary with the Christ Child and Saint John the Baptist, Saint John the Evangelist and Saint Catherine of Alexandria. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after Annibale Carracci.

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