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What is a piscina?

What is a piscina? Here are some definitions.

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  1. A drained basin near a church's altar for the disposal of water from liturgical ablutions.
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The second stone was apparently the octagonal upper portion of a piscina or lavacrum, like those found near the altar in 13 th century churches.
Note the one candle on the altar, the bishops chair, the piscina with its cruet, and the triptych.
The sedilia form an ensemble with the piscina, tomb of Christ, and patron's tomb, all carved with foliage and figures.
In each of these the old piscina and aumbry remain near where the altar had been placed.
In the recess on the east side there is a piscina which marks the site of an altar.
There is a double Early English piscina in the south wall, and an ambry in the north.

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