- published: 08 Feb 2016
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A brazier is a container for fire, generally taking the form of an upright standing or hanging metal bowl or box. Used for holding burning coal as well as fires, a brazier allows for a source of light, heat, or cooking. Braziers have been reported in many early archaeological excavations, for example the Nimrud brazier recently recovered by the Iraqi National Museum dating back to at least 824 BCE.[1]
Braziers are mentioned in the Bible. The Hebrew word for Brazier was from an Egyptian origin suggesting the brazier was likely an invention imported or brought with from Egypt. The only reference to it in the Bible is found in the book of Jeremiah Chapter 36 vss. 22-23 where it is referred to as heating the winter palace of King Jehoiakim.The brazier was likely the preferred method of heating for affluent homes over the more traditional method of a recess in the floor containing a fire. At some churches, a brazier is used to create a small fire, called new fire, which is then used to light the Paschal candle during the Easter Vigil. It is also said by Fernando de Alva Cortés Ixtlilxochitl that the Tepanec Tlatoani (Basically a king but literally meaning "Great Speaker") Tezozomoc, slept between two Braziers because he was so old he produced no natural heat. The Roman Emperor Jovian in 364 AD was poisoned by a brazier in his tent, ending the line of Constantine.
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