Tur audio # 13 - The Liturgy

This room is dedicated to sacred art and exhibits altar wallpapers and furnishings for the liturgy.

* Entering to the left is the monumental nineteenth-century altar parade of Bishop Francesco Maria Barzellotti, native of Piancastagnaio and diocesan bishop from 1832 to 1861. The altar parade is composed of a cross, candlesticks and reliquaries in richly carved and gilded wood.

In the left windows:

* A double-sided style cross from the 15th century is displayed, with decorations in silver filigree in foil and enamel.

(dedicated sheet)

* Continuing, fifteenth-century chalices are displayed, with knot and foot embellished with enameled medallions and probably saints. At the center and bottom are exhibited chalices and sacred vessels dating back to the eighteenth century.

* Two-faced processional banner, 17th century: by A. Casolani, Virgin Mary assumed and enthroned with the Child Jesus; on the back the Saints Giorgio and Rocco. The painting comes from the church of San Biagio in Montorgiali.

On the opposite side, starting from the entrance to the room:

* In the first showcase: basket for blessed water, lies and votive medallion. Wax and silk cloth statuette depicting the Child Jesus or Mary Child (18th century).

* In the next display case there is a silver pastoral with a curly top, two XVIII century mitries of Roman manufacture with gold decorations and colored gems, two chiseled thuribles in the XVIII century and a silver monstrance in the XVIII century.

The exhibition ends with the "Paci" (peaces) showcase.

The "Pace" is a Eucharistic tablet, generally in chiseled silver, decorated on the front with a sacred scene, which was kissed by the priest celebrating the mass and was then offered to the kiss of the other officiants and finally of the faithful.

It was called osculum pacis or table pacis and came into use in the thirteenth century until the eighteenth century, to replace the ancient liturgical kiss of peace in the Mass.

Among the most ancient testimonies of the use of "Pace" is the mention of the osculatorium in the statutes of the archbishop of York Walter de Gray (1250). But it is also mentioned in the Roman Missal before the liturgical reform, in the Episcoporum Ceremonial and in the Pontificale Romanum.

The «Paci» were generally rectangular (there are also round specimens), with a small base at the bottom and a volute handle at the top, which allowed to stand upright.

* In the center: two windows with liturgical vestments (Pianete). A white of the century XIV in embroidered silk; the green duck of the fifteenth century in silk brocade, velvet and embroidery.