Since the altar linens of the liturgy are called sindon and sudarium and theologically are in connection with the Real Presence of Jesus in his body and blood, Berger contends that their purpose ...

The altar linens include an antependium, or frontal, chalice veil and burse for each of the altars in the sanctuary and the chapel. There are pulpit and lectern falls for the sanctuary.

Because some priests are concerned about spilling and staining altar linens, he noted, there are white varietals, and some priests want the wine to be “more visually red, like the Blood of ...

Lost Medieval Sacristy, Burial Grounds Unearthed at Westminster Abbey Demolished in the 1740s, the 13th-century structure once housed the church’s altar linens, chalices and other sacred items ...