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 ...

When Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 C.E., volcanic ash immortalized lavish frescoes and puzzling clothing left over from everyday life in Pompeii. Sometimes even ash itself—from altars or censers—was ...

An article about two altar boys being arrested for putting marijuana in a censer (incense burner) at the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela in Spain was recirculated on social media in December 2018: ...

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 ...