Also known as:
Greek: κολυμβίθρα;
Latin: cantharus
COLYMBION (Κολύμβιον). - It is a basin or vessel in which holy water was blessed and kept (holy water stoup), first in the atrium, then at the entrance of the church. It is also called cantharus, κολυμβίθρα in Greek, and it was fixed or movable. The Euchologion of Bessarion (11th century), preserved in the monastery of Grottaferrata, contains a special prayer for blessing the water of the c. of the palace of Blachernae in Constantinople, Εὐχή τοῦ κολυμβίου τῶν Βλαχερῶν (Goar, Εὐχολόγιον, 2nd ed., Venice 1730, p. 364).
De, Meester Placido. “Colymbion (ΚΟΛΎΜΒΙΟΝ).” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IV, col. 34. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950. https://azioneromana.com/article/colymbion-kolumbion.
MLA
De, Meester Placido. “Colymbion (ΚΟΛΎΜΒΙΟΝ).” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IV, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950, col. 34. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/colymbion-kolumbion.
BibTeX
@incollection{ec4_colymbion_kolumbion,
author = {De, Meester Placido},
title = {Colymbion (ΚΟΛΎΜΒΙΟΝ)},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
volume = {IV},
pages = {34},
note = {Cited by column},
publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
address = {Città del Vaticano},
year = {1950},
url = {https://azioneromana.com/article/colymbion-kolumbion}
}
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