Crystal Reliquary

ca. 1200 (Medieval)

16.8 cm 14.5 cm 9.5 cm

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This barrel-shaped reliquary is formed of a large, cylindrical piece of crystal bored down the middle to create a narrow compartment for a relic. The rock crystal makes this a type of monstrance (display reliquary) that presents the relic for veneration visibly rather than kee...

Artifact

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31190
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Tycon and Smith, Paris, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1929, by purchase; Walters Art museum, 1931, by bequest.
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en
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