Note 94 — CHAP. V.
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Footnote 94:
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In the Ordo Romanus XII, Ap. 1, de Presbyterio, it is prescribed that "according to ancient custom whatever is offered upon the cross ought to belong to the schola (or company)" of the cross: in the Ordo XIV, that it belongs to the Sagrista. The sum collected is at present the perquisite of M. Sagrista and the two principal Masters of ceremonies. These offerings were customary also in other churches, and in particular at Paris.