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English: Exquisite customs grace Epiphany. The most famous is the blessing of chalk used to hallow homes. On the lintels of the doors the priest writes with the chalk “20 + C + M + B + 09”, i.e., the year and initials of the names of the Magi indicated in Rituale Romanum: Gaspar (G and C being related), Melchior et Baltássar.
The names of the Magi are traditional, not scriptural and some ancient authors thought there were as many as 24. Some say “C + M + B” stands for “Christus Mansionem Benedicat… May Christ bless this dwelling”. Though clever, that’s probably wrong. I have never seen this in the UK. |
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| Author | Brian Snelson |
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| current | 15:26, 20 January 2023 | | 1,426 × 2,233 (1.9 MB) | Belbury | Cropped 23 % horizontally, 12 % vertically using CropTool with lossless mode. |
| 15:24, 20 January 2023 |  | 1,852 × 2,529 (2.45 MB) | Belbury | Uploaded a work by Brian Snelson from https://www.flickr.com/photos/exfordy/3590563038/ with UploadWizard |
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