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Source Description
Three angels elevate the hollow glass cylinder of this reliquary, a type of dramatic "display" reliquary that became popular in the late Middle Ages. Inside is the relic of an unknown saint, a small fragment of a bone, possibly from a finger, wrapped in a piece of cloth.
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Document identity
localId
16102
label
Reliquary for a Finger Bone
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
3
Source metadata
id
16102
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Reliquary for a Finger Bone
description
Three angels elevate the hollow glass cylinder of this reliquary, a type of dramatic "display" reliquary that became popular in the late Middle Ages. Inside is the relic of an unknown saint, a small fragment of a bone, possibly from a finger, wrapped in a piece of cloth.
provenance
Michel Boy, Paris, by purchase; Sale, Hotel Drouot, Paris, May 15, 1905, no. 661; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1905, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
15th century (Late Medieval)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Gold, Silver & Jewelry
reliquaries
imageCount
3
pageCount
3
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
22.5
height
8.4
depth
8.4
dimensionsRaw
8 7/8 x 3 5/16 x 3 5/16 in. (22.5 x 8.4 x 8.4 cm)
Source extras
cul
Burgundian
style
Gothic
med
silver, gilded copper, glass, textile, human bone
creator_ids
6229
6505
collection_ids
MED
REN
exhibition_ids
2691
Page inventory
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1
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photo
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72c458b61047ff90
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no
hasDescription
no
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2
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photo
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d230f50e07670579
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no
hasDescription
no
seq
3
type
photo
mediaId
652114deb2371f51
hasOcr
no
hasDescription
no