3827B

Habsburg Missal Stand

Artist: Unidentified Novohispanic Artist
Title: Habsburg Missal Stand (atril aquiliforme con función sacra)
Date: ca. 1700 – 1750
Medium: Embossed, carved, and partially gilded silver, with fretwork and a wooden core and with the word Lavabo engraved on it. One of a set of three missal stands (the others being marked for use at Consecration and Last Gospel), and now lost.
Location: Museo Franz Mayer, Ciudad de México.
Photo Source: Rivero Borrell et al. 2002, cat. 92.
Item: 3827B