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Description	chrismarium, Anointing of the Sick in the Catholic Church English: This chrismatory is made up of 3 compartments containing holy oils used in the Catholic Church for ritual anointing: Oleum Infirmorum used for the sick, Oleum Catechumenorum used at baptism and Chrisma used for confirmation and ordination. A priest would carry a chrismatory with him when visiting a sick member of his community.
Date	1636 date QS:P571,+1636-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium	gilt silver
Collection	Victoria and Albert Museum    Location Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea , United Kingdom Coordinates 51° 29′ 48.66″ N, 0° 10′ 17.83″ W   Established 1852  Website www.vam.ac.uk  Authority file : Q213322 VIAF: 128776887 ISNI: 0000000123230472 ULAN: 500302040 LCCN: n79066252 OSM: 29795 WorldCat institution QS:P195,Q213322
Current location	Silver, Room 69, The Whiteley Galleries, case 18
Accession number	M.139-1913
Place of creation	Erfurt
Source/Photographer	vam.ac.uk Transferred from en.wikipedia to Commons. The original uploader was VAwebteam at English Wikipedia. 14 October 2007 (original upload date)

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• 2007-10-14 10:06 VAwebteam 270×450× (34542 bytes) Chrismatory for ritual oil, Silver-gilt, Erfurt, Germany, 1636 V&A Museum no. 139-1913 This chrismatory is made up of 3 compartments containing holy oils used in the Catholic Church for ritual anointing: Oleum Infirmorum used for the sick, Oleum Catechum