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Ah, incense. As the priest rhythmically swings the censer, the aromatic smoke from the burning incense, with its sweet fragrance of frankincense and myrrh, rises and fills the sanctuary. Then the ...

Incense burner in the shape of a pistol (c. late 19th century), earthenware with polychrome glaze (Ko-Kiyomizu ware), 12 inches in length (image courtesy Hirmer Publishers) Reading Holy Smoke: Censers ...

Ancient Chinese made various kinds of incense burners, among which the censer and Xun Long, a frame place over a censer for scenting clothes, were the most popular. The earlier incense burners were ...

FRONT ROYAL, Va. — Christendom College unveiled the world’s largest censer that hangs from a ceiling on June 14. The college publicly swung the silver-plated brass botafumeiro for the first time at ...

PanARMENIAN.Net - An ancient censer with incense remains has been unearthed in Armenia. The early medieval rock-cut container was one of the 56 archaeological objects discovered in the village of ...