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Source Description
This reliquary resembles a miniature Gothic church, complete with gargoyles. It is crowned by a figure of the Evangelist Luke, with his attribute, or symbol, the ox. A relic or small piece of a saint's body would have been contained in a rock crystal cylinder (now missing).Relics were collected during the Middle Ages. They were often the most prized possessions of kings and noblemen and the beginning of many family collections. They continued to be collected in the 1600s.
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Document identity
localId
12209
label
Reliquary
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
4
Source metadata
id
12209
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Reliquary
description
This reliquary resembles a miniature Gothic church, complete with gargoyles. It is crowned by a figure of the Evangelist Luke, with his attribute, or symbol, the ox. A relic or small piece of a saint's body would have been contained in a rock crystal cylinder (now missing).Relics were collected during the Middle Ages. They were often the most prized possessions of kings and noblemen and the beginning of many family collections. They continued to be collected in the 1600s.
provenance
Hollingworth Magniac, Colworth, Bedfordshire, before 1862, by purchase; Charles Magniac, Colworth, 1867, by inheritance; Sale, Christies, London, July 2, 1892, no. 790; Charles Borradaile, Brighton, by purchase; George Robinson Harding, London, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1912, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1375-1400 (Medieval)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Gold, Silver & Jewelry
monstrances
reliquaries
imageCount
4
pageCount
4
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
41.2
height
13
depth
12.5
dimensionsRaw
H: 16 1/4 × W: 5 1/8 × D: 4 15/16 in. (41.2 × 13 × 12.5 cm)
Source extras
cul
Austrian (?)
style
Gothic
med
gilded silver
creator_ids
6521
15371
collection_ids
MED
exhibition_ids
2064
2725
Page inventory
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photo
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photo
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photo
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photo
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