| And those figures that moved about it, with censor and aspersorium, were as angels for tenderness and dignity and undoubted power. |
| An aspersorium is the bucket-like vessel which holds the Holy Water and into which the aspergillum is dipped. |
| Beneath the two arms of the Cross there were two Angels each with a crystal aspersorium in his hand, in which they gathered up the blood of the Martyrs and with it sprinkled the souls that were making their way to God. |
| The likely antiquity of this pot further adds to its prestige and thus its suitability as an aspersorium. |
| The aspersorium, containing a small amount of holy water, and aspergillum are placed at the sedilia for use during the final Commendation. |
| The brush used for sprinkling is an aspergill, or aspersoir, and the vessel for this water an aspersorium. |
