纪录片《大英博物馆世界简史》 057海德薇玻璃杯（4）

They must have been very carefully cherished, and we know that many of them were preserved in princely collections and in church treasuries¹.

它们一定曾被人悉心收藏。我们知道，这些玻璃杯中有很多为皇室藏品或教堂珍宝，

So it's probable that many of them were in fact used as chalices² in royal chapels³ and churches.

极有可能在皇家礼拜堂或大教堂内被用作圣杯。

Many of the surviving Hedwig beakers have been mounted with precious metal for use in the mass, and when you look at the foot and the sides of our beaker, you can see that it, too, once had metal mounts.

现存不少海德薇玻璃杯都曾被置于贵金属制成的支架上，在弥撒时使用。观察这个杯子的底部与边缘，也能看到金属支架的安装痕迹。

Fascinatingly, Hedwig was one of a new kind of saint.

值得注意的是，海德薇属于新类型的圣徒。

By the time she was canonised, in 1267, the number of women saints had hit an all-time high in the history of the church.

1267年，她被宣布为圣徒之时，女圣徒的数量达到了教会史上的新髙，

You really can say that this is the point where women broke through the glass ceiling of sanctity.

并且终于打破了封圣无形的性别限制，

A quarter of all new saints were now female.

约有四分之一的新封圣徒为女性。

This may well have had something to do with the religious revival⁴ fostered by the new preaching orders, the Franciscans and the Dominicans.

这应该是得益于当时的新教派圣方济会和多明我会推行的宗教复兴策略。

They believed that the true Christian⁵ life should be lived not in the cloister⁶ but in the town, and they insisted that women should play a full part in this.

他们相信真正的基督徒不应该生活在修道院中，而应该生活在城镇里，也坚持认为女性应该在教会中与男性平起平坐。

1 treasuries   

n.（政府的）财政部( treasury的名词复数 )；国库，金库

参考例句：

• Yields on Treasuries, Bunds and gilts can remain at historically low levels. 美国国债、德国国债和英国国债的收益率仍然可以维持在历史低位。 来自互联网
• Treasuries and gold rose in response but the dollar fell sharply. 接着，国债和黄金的价格上涨，而美元价格则猛跌。 来自互联网

2 chalices   

n.高脚酒杯( chalice的名词复数 )；圣餐杯；金杯毒酒；看似诱人实则令人讨厌的事物

参考例句：

3 chapels   

n.小教堂， （医院、监狱等的）附属礼拜堂( chapel的名词复数 )；（在小教堂和附属礼拜堂举行的）礼拜仪式

参考例句：

• Both castles had their own chapels too, which was incredible to see. 两个城堡都有自己的礼拜堂，非常华美。 来自互联网
• It has an ambulatory and seven chapels. 它有一条走廊和七个小教堂。 来自互联网

4 revival   

n.复兴，复苏，（精力、活力等的）重振

参考例句：

• The period saw a great revival in the wine trade.这一时期葡萄酒业出现了很大的复苏。
• He claimed the housing market was showing signs of a revival.他指出房地产市场正出现复苏的迹象。

5 Christian   

adj.基督教徒的；n.基督教徒

参考例句：

• They always addressed each other by their Christian name.他们总是以教名互相称呼。
• His mother is a sincere Christian.他母亲是个虔诚的基督教徒。

6 cloister   

n.修道院；v.隐退，使与世隔绝

参考例句：

• They went out into the stil,shadowy cloister garden.他们出了房间，走到那个寂静阴沉的修道院的园子里去。
• The ancient cloister was a structure of red brick picked out with white stone.古老的修道院是一座白石衬托着的红砖建筑物。