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Source Description
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 keeping it hidden from view as in an enamel, church-shaped shrine.
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Document identity
localId
31190
label
Crystal Reliquary
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obj
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object
citationUrl
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3
Source metadata
id
31190
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Crystal Reliquary
description
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 keeping it hidden from view as in an enamel, church-shaped shrine.
provenance
Tycon and Smith, Paris, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1929, by purchase; Walters Art museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
ca. 1200 (Medieval)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Metal
reliquaries
imageCount
3
pageCount
3
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
14.5
height
16.8
depth
9.5
dimensionsRaw
H at top of center finial: 5 11/16 x W: 6 5/8 x D: 3 3/4 in. (14.5 x 16.8 x 9.5 cm)
Source extras
cul
Rhenish
style
Gothic
med
gilded copper, rock crystal
creator_ids
5094
collection_ids
MED
exhibition_ids
2115
2691
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photo
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