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This is a photograph of thurible and an incense boat used in Catholic and Anglican church worship services when incense is used. The thurible and incense boat are held by a thurifer. The thurible is the brass object swinging from the thurifer's right hand (on the left of the photograph) and the incense boat is the small brass object in the thurifer's left hand (on the right of the photograph).

Incense may be used at several points during a worship service. Prior to each use, the thurifer will present the thurible and incense to the celebrant (a bishop or priest). The celebrant will then put incense on the coals and bless it.

Note that the lid of the thurible in this photograph is raised high while the thurifer waits for the celebrant. The raised lid permits air across the coals which keeps them hot while the thurifer waits. Note also at the lower right of the photograph the cotta of a boat boy or girl can be seen. Usually the boat boy or girl holds the incense boat. This thurifer is waiting until the last moment to hand off the incense boat to the boat boy or boat girl to reduce the risk of the youth spilling the incense.

Once the celebrant places incense onto the coals and blesses it, the thurifer will lower the lid and lock it, and the thurible will be used by the celebrant, thurifer, or deacon depending on where they are in the worship service.

This is my photograph that I took and you are welcome to use it.

Sarum blue 20:16, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

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