Spreading The 'Situla' Bucket For Holy Water

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This Situla (Bucket for Holy Water) is a holy object used for Christianity, it is a bucket used to hold holy water and spread it to the believers in the parade of Christian, and it was mentioned, “this bucket was one of the earliest of four known examples” . Spreading holy water to the believers is a behavior that spread the blessing of God. This Situla was made in northern France in 860-880, it was in the late ninth-century. Currently, this Situla is located in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. According to information that recorded in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Basic on the decoration of this bucket and its historical background, it reveals that in ninth century, the reign of Christianity and emperors was interdependent and

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