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The Botafumeiro is a famous thurible used at the Santiago de Compostela Cathedral, in Spain. Its name comes from the Galician language , where botar means "to eject, to throw away, to expel", and the Latin fume , meaning "smoke".
The censer will usually have three outer chains (for the Holy Trinity) attached to the bowl, and a fourth inner chain (for the Oneness of God) attached to the lid. The three outer chains are gathered together and attached to a round conical plate attached to a ring; the inner chain passes through a hole in the conical plate and is attached to ...
Catholic thurible or chain censer, designed for swinging Censer from Tibet, late 19th century, silver. A censer, incense burner, perfume burner or pastille burner is a vessel made for burning incense or perfume in some solid form. They vary greatly in size, form, and material of construction, and have been in use since ancient times throughout ...
A dome above the crossing contains the pulley mechanism to swing the "Botafumeiro", which is a famous thurible found in this church. It was created by the goldsmith José Losada in 1851. The Santiago de Compostela Botafumeiro is the largest censer in the world, weighing 80 kg (180 lb) and measuring 1.60 m (5.2 ft) in height. It is normally on ...
3 comments Toggle Botafumeiro subsection. 1.1 Reply to Filll. 2 Northern façade. 1 comment. 3 Rough translation from the Spanish? Nope. 3 comments. 4 Origin of the ...
An acolyte can assist in worship by carrying a processional cross, lighting candles, holding the Gospel book, holding candles or "torches", assisting a deacon or priest prepare and clean the altar, swinging a censer or thurible [24] (also being named the thurifer) or carrying the incense boat, handing the offering plates to ushers, and many ...
"Botafumeiro" does not mean Smoke belcher, as it was before stated on the introduction. Botar, in this case, is a verb which describes the action of expelling or emitting a certain substance. In this case it's smoke...so Smoke expeller would be more appropriate and it doesn't have the anatomical connotation "belch" has.
A thymiaterion (from Ancient Greek: θυμιατήριον from θυμιάειν thymiaein "to smoke"; plural thymiateria) is a type of censer or incense burner, used in the Mediterranean region since antiquity for spiritual and religious purposes and especially in religious ceremonies.