Wednesday, 2 February 2022

Happy Candlemas Day

 Today is the Feast of the Presentation, the day when Mary, in accordance with Jewsh custom, presented her son at the Temple and was purified forty days after the birth. Commonly known as Candlemas, here are two good candle-related examples from the Register.

First of all Madam Leask of Leask:


And now the Incorporation of Candlemakers of Edinburgh:


 




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