Chalice
A chalice is a cup that has a footed part on the bottom. It is used in some religious ceremonies for drinking.
Chalice Media
Chalice in the vestry of the Ipatevskii Monastery in Kostroma. Photographed by Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky in 1911
Fresco of a female figure holding a chalice at an early Christian Agape feast. Catacomb of Saints Marcellinus and Peter, Via Labicana, Rome
Chalice with the inscription: "Sanguis meus vere est potus" ('My blood is drink indeed'; John 6:55, KJV), made for the church St John the Baptist in Salinas, Spain
Allegory of the Eucharist by Alexander Coosemans
Alabaster chalice found in Tutankhamun's tomb, 14th century BC
Treasure of Gourdon, 6th century AD
Tassilo Chalice, c. 780 (reproduction)
Ardagh Chalice, 8th century
Other websites
Media related to Chalices at Wikimedia Commons
- "Chalice" article from the Catholic Encyclopedia