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Source Description
This silver arm is known as a "speaking" reliquary because it takes shape of the body part it once contained. The reliquary reputedly held an arm bone of Saint Pantaleon, a "Holy Doctor" martyred in Asia Minor (AD 305) who later became the patron saint of physicians. The remains of an inscription along the seam of the sleeve refer to the saint by name. The small door with the two glass shields was added in the 15th century, as was the crystal at the edge of the sleeve.
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Document identity
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25190
label
Arm Reliquary of Saint Pantaleon
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obj
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object
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25190
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title
Arm Reliquary of Saint Pantaleon
description
This silver arm is known as a "speaking" reliquary because it takes shape of the body part it once contained. The reliquary reputedly held an arm bone of Saint Pantaleon, a "Holy Doctor" martyred in Asia Minor (AD 305) who later became the patron saint of physicians. The remains of an inscription along the seam of the sleeve refer to the saint by name. The small door with the two glass shields was added in the 15th century, as was the crystal at the edge of the sleeve.
provenance
A. Tollin, Paris; Chevallier & Mannheim, Paris, May 20, 1897, no. 79; Robert Hoe, New York; American Art Association, New York, February 15, 1911, no. 1813; Wareham Harding, New York; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1920, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
Reliquary: late 13th century; Additions: 15th century (Medieval)
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CC0
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en
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Gold, Silver & Jewelry
reliquaries
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8
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8
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import
dimensions
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cm
width
47.2
height
12.8
depth
9.2
dimensionsRaw
H: 18 9/16 x W: 5 1/16 x D: 3 5/8 in. (47.2 x 12.8 x 9.2 cm)
Source extras
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Rhenish
style
Gothic
inscriptions
[Transcription] Incomplete inscription in niello on the narrow silver strip ornamenting the seam of the sleeve: [DE...SANCT]I PANTALEONIS + AVE; [Translation] From Pantaleon
greetings.
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silver, gilded silver, rock crystal, semiprecious stones, glass, niello
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5094
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