χ52Χαλκολίβανον
Lebanese bronze, incense-bronze
A kind of electrum, more costly than gold. Electrum is a kind of gold combined with glass and stone. The holy table of the Great Church was also made of such a combination.
Χαλκολίβανον· εἶδος ἠλέκτρου, τιμιώτερον χρυσοῦ. ἔστι δὲ τὸ ἤλεκτρον ἀλλότυπον χρυσίον, μεμιγμένον ὑέλῳ καὶ λιθείᾳ. ὁποίας ἐστὶ συνθέσεως καὶ ἡ ἁγία τράπεζα τῆς μεγάλης ἐκκλησίας.