which meant that beeswax candles were used almost exclusively by the upper classes and the Church in Europe during this time. All candles were made by dipping until the 1400's, when a French inventor ...

Rachel, an Amish woman, dips tapers hanging from candle rings into hot wax. Each ring holds eight pairs of candles. The rings are then hung from an Amish wagon wheel to cure. Each wheel holds 10 ...

With the decline of Roman ritual the demand for candles and tapers slackened, and as a consequence the sellers of beeswax, whatever their religious leanings, had at least financial reason to mourn ...