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What (who) is K-PAX - definition
K-PAX
BOOK BY GENE BREWER
K-PAXian; K-Pax; K PAXians; K PAXian; K-PAXians; K-pax; K-PAX IV: A New Visitor from the Constellation Lyra; K-PAX IV: A New Visitor From The Constellation Lyra; K PAX
K-PAX is an American science fiction novel by Gene Brewer, the first in the K-PAX series. The series deals with the experiences on Earth of a being named Prot.
Pax (liturgy)
![Raúl Vera]] giving the Pax salutation.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Conmemoración de Asociación de Costureros y Costureras 26 de septiembre.jpg?width=200 "Raúl Vera]] giving the Pax salutation.")
SALUTATION IN CATHOLIC MASS
Pax vobiscum; Pax in the Liturgy; Pax vobis; Peace be with you; "Peace be within you!"
In Christian liturgy, "the Pax" is an abbreviation of the Latin salutations "pax vobis" ("peace to you") or "pax vobiscum" ("peace with you"), which are used in the Catholic Mass, the Lutheran Divine Service, and the Western Orthodox Mass.
Pax (liturgical object)
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![[[Rococo]] pax of 1726, for the Imperial Chapel of the [[Hofburg]] Palace in [[Vienna]]; by this time paxes were largely out of use in ordinary churches](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Geistliche Schatzkammer Wien 11.jpg?width=200 "[[Rococo]] pax of 1726, for the Imperial Chapel of the [[Hofburg]] Palace in [[Vienna]]; by this time paxes were largely out of use in ordinary churches")
![Design for a pax by [[E.W. Pugin]] (d. 1875), showing its handle](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Pax Welby Pugin (cropped).jpg?width=200 "Design for a pax by [[E.W. Pugin]] (d. 1875), showing its handle")
![Pax including a [[plaquette]] by [[Valerio Belli]], 1520s](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Valerio belli, pace con l'adorazione die pastori, 1520-30 ca..JPG?width=200 "Pax including a [[plaquette]] by [[Valerio Belli]], 1520s")
![Rear of the German 15th-century [[Eberbach Pax]], with handle and engraved saints](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Limburg Domschatz Kusstafel Kloster Eberbach.jpg?width=200 "Rear of the German 15th-century [[Eberbach Pax]], with handle and engraved saints")
![Unusually fancy North Italian pax, including relics, 1434, [[Trento Cathedral]], 33 cm high](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Pace - Nicolò Lionello.jpg?width=200 "Unusually fancy North Italian pax, including relics, 1434, [[Trento Cathedral]], 33 cm high")
![Italian, c. 1500 with Christ as the [[Man of Sorrows]], 18 cm high](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Italian - The Man of Sorrows - Walters 44129.jpg?width=200 "Italian, c. 1500 with Christ as the [[Man of Sorrows]], 18 cm high")
![Pax with the ''[[Annunciation]]'' in [[shell cameo]], gilded silver, copper, enamel. German or Netherlandish shell carving (c. 1500), setting probably Italian(c.1500–1520)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Pax - The Annunciation, German or Netherlandish, setting probably Italian, c. 1500 for shell cameo, c.1500-1520 for setting, shell, gilded silver, copper, enamel - National Gallery of Art, Washington - DSC09872.JPG?width=200 "Pax with the ''[[Annunciation]]'' in [[shell cameo]], gilded silver, copper, enamel. German or Netherlandish shell carving (c. 1500), setting probably Italian(c.1500–1520)")
![Late Gothic pax from [[Maastricht]], the image under crystal or glass](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Schatkamer, Pax tafeltje (goud) - Maastricht - 20146002 - RCE.jpg?width=200 "Late Gothic pax from [[Maastricht]], the image under crystal or glass")
.jpg?width=200 "16th-century cast copper pax, Italian")
![Painted [[Limoges enamel]], 1520-40 by [[Nardon Pénicaud]], 8.3 cm high](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Nardon Pénicaud - Pax - The Virgin - Walters 44158.jpg?width=200 "Painted [[Limoges enamel]], 1520-40 by [[Nardon Pénicaud]], 8.3 cm high")
![Italian, painted enamel and gilt-copper frame, early 16th century. The main image after a [[plaquette]]. 19 cm high](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Italian - Christ in the Tomb - Walters 44125.jpg?width=200 "Italian, painted enamel and gilt-copper frame, early 16th century. The main image after a [[plaquette]]. 19 cm high")
![''Coronation of the Virgin'', [[niello]] by [[Maso Finiguerra]], Florence, 1452, now [[Bargello]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Maso finiguerra, incoronazione della vergine, 1452 (bargello).JPG?width=200 "''Coronation of the Virgin'', [[niello]] by [[Maso Finiguerra]], Florence, 1452, now [[Bargello]]")
![[[Mother of pearl]] medallion, after a print by [[Master E.S.]], c. 1480, mounted in silver as a pax in 17th century](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/German - Pax with the Martyrdom of Saint Barbara - Walters 57689.jpg?width=200 "[[Mother of pearl]] medallion, after a print by [[Master E.S.]], c. 1480, mounted in silver as a pax in 17th century")
OBJECT USED IN THE MIDDLE AGES AND RENAISSANCE FOR THE KISS OF PEACE IN THE CATHOLIC MASS
Paxbrede; Pacificale; Pax tablet
The pax was an object used in the Middle Ages and Renaissance for the Kiss of Peace in the Catholic Mass. Direct kissing among the celebrants and congregation was replaced by each in turn kissing the pax, which was carried around to those present.
