Reliquary of the True Cross

c. 1214 Overall: 44 x 31 x 4.7 cm (17 5/16 x 12 3/16 x 1 7/8 in.) Source image
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A lengthy Latin inscription on the frame recounts the history of the central relic--a fragment of the True Cross--and provides an exact date for its container: "You who ask about the cross: read! The heir of Judas the priest/Stole it. But when, after boarding a ship,/He sought...

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