Monstrance
- Inventory number:
- Мт-139
- Author:
- Unknown
- Creation Date:
- 18th century
- Provenance:
- Lviv Historical Museum
- Technique:
- casting, stamping, gilding, silvering
- Size:
- 28 x 63 cm
- Material:
- brass
- Type of object:
- Monstrance
- Subject:
- Christianity
Monstrance is a type of vessel in the Catholic Church. Intended for adoration, extra-liturgical veneration of the Holy Gifts (hosts or prosphora) consecrated during the Eucharist (sacrament of communion).
