Antique Illuminated Altar Card. (the washing) card, from which the priest read prayers. As water was poured over his hands as a symbolic cleansing. (It was probably a real cleansing in the earliest days of the Church). It seems that it was lacquered / treated. At a certain point. (visible craquelure as shown). Upper golden paper border. 12 1/2″ x 9″. Please check the pictures – what you see is what you get. We do not mark merchandise values below value or mark items as “gifts”.