Going through some papers today, I came across a note I had taken a few months ago when I spent a day reading at the archives of the Scots College in Rome. In a letter presenting a new student to the Rector of the College in 1877, a diocesan official wrote: He has unquestionably a very ecclesiastical turn of mind and like so many converts he has a strong passion for ceremonies, altars, vestments, etc.
The picture shows the final page (The End) of Pugin’s Ecclesiastical Ornament.
…but not all converts!
Altars are interesting and they tell something about the parish where they are.