Candles

The A.S. poets called the sun “rodores candel,” the candle of the firmament, “woruld candel,” “he of on candel,” . Originally, no doubt, the candle was a mere ma of fat plastered round a wick (candel-weoc) and stuck upon a “candel-sticca,” or upright stick; when the candlestick had several branches, it was called a candle- tree. There were iron, bone, silver-gilt, and ornamented candlesticks. Through the Middle Ages candles were stuck on a spike, not in a socket, and a chandelier of the 16th century shows the same arrangement. IMG:6949005855195395773_fig_130.jpg: Fig. 130. Persian Candys.