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The Rev. John Purchas was curate of St Paul’s, Brighton, when he published his Directorium Anglicanum in 1859, which drew on Pugin’s vision of the pre-Reformation church for many of its ideas. The Ecclesiologist thought it impolitic to reveal so much concern for ritual: ‘we fully believe that this book was meant to be of practical use among the friends of Catholic ritual: we only hope it may not prove to be of more use to our foes’. (vol. xx, 1859, p.32).\r\n\nPurchas was notoriously involved in a case at the Court of Arches for ritual practices at St James’ Brighton, of which he had been perpetual curate since 1886. In autumn, 1868, Punch published several jokes and cartoons about the case. (Anson, The call of the cloister, 1964, pp.208-09). Purchas was accused of a variety of offences: 'using a cope (otherwise than during a communion service), chasubles, albs, stoles, tunicles, dalmatics, birettas, wafer bread, lighted candles on the altar, crucifixes, images and holy water;…standing with his back to the people when consecrating the elements, mixing water with the wine, censing the minister, leaving the holy table uncovered during the service, directing processions round the church, and giving notice of unauthorised holidays'.\r\n\nThe designer of the chalice is unknown, although it is composed of motifs from several chalices known to be by Burges. The paten is habitually used with the chalice, but is three years later in date. There is nothing to connect it with Burges, although he did copy similar \"agnus dei\" motifs. References in Burges' diary suggest that he worked in some capacity for Purchas in the 1860's. The chalice is composed of parts of several chalices known to be by Burges (see Victorian church art, cat. no. D9). The paten is habitually used with the chalice, but is three years later in date.","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Silver-gilt paten with semi-precious stones. Retailed by John Hardman and Co. 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