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Source Description
This type of reliquary is called a phylactery (amulet) after the smaller versions of the same shape that believers wore around their necks for personal protection. This phylactery may originally have rested on a sculpted base or have been suspended from a canopy above the altar. Relics were placed under the five large convex crystals, which acted as magnifying glasses.
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Document identity
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31506
label
Phylactery
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obj
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object
citationUrl
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2
Source metadata
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31506
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object
stage
normalized
title
Phylactery
description
This type of reliquary is called a phylactery (amulet) after the smaller versions of the same shape that believers wore around their necks for personal protection. This phylactery may originally have rested on a sculpted base or have been suspended from a canopy above the altar. Relics were placed under the five large convex crystals, which acted as magnifying glasses.
provenance
Joseph Brummer, New York; Joseph Brummer Sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, May 12, 1949, no. 383; Walters Art Museum, 1949, by purchase.
date
13th century (Medieval)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Metal
reliquaries
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2
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2
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
19
height
19
depth
4.1
dimensionsRaw
7 1/2 x 7 1/2 x 1 5/8 in. (19 x 19 x 4.1 cm)
Source extras
cul
French
style
Gothic
med
gilded copper, rock crystal
creator_ids
6229
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MED
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509
2691
Page inventory
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1
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photo
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77fb311f6952764f
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no
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no
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2
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photo
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f851898dbf6c0517
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no