| 21. | Some Communion chants appear in other services as the Offertory chant, or as a simple antiphon.
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| 22. | During the Offertory, the acolyte, deacon or priest places the sacred vessels on the altar.
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| 23. | The losses are particularly striking in vocal music, with all 11 known operas and 24 offertories missing.
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| 24. | Some Offertories also include extended melismas of a style not found in any other chant or chant tradition.
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| 25. | In the Byzantine Rite, there is a short offertory at the same point as in the Roman Rite.
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| 26. | The bringing forward of the Holy Horn and the blessing of the oil take the place of the Offertory.
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| 27. | The offertory box is a massive oaken chest, created at the turn of the 16th and 17th century.
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| 28. | Before that the offertory act was made in silence, and the corresponding prayer that followed it was the Secret.
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| 29. | The " Offertory " followed, in which the King and Queen offered their regalia on the Altar.
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| 30. | Offertories before this altar were made by members of the Forest Service who have San Giovanni Gualberto as their patron saint.
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