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Source Description
This reliquary originally housed about 60 Christian relics, including one said to be from the shroud of Christ. On the front are the image of St. James and a piece of bone identified as being from the apostle, who was believed to have preached in Spain and whose purported relics were venerated by pilgrims at Santiago da Compostela in northwestern Spain. Ferdinand á Crespos gave this reliquary to the Church of St. Michael in Fuenfria in 1598.
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Document identity
localId
36821
label
Reliquary with Relics of Christ's Shroud and of Various Martyrs
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obj
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object
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4
Source metadata
id
36821
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Reliquary with Relics of Christ's Shroud and of Various Martyrs
description
This reliquary originally housed about 60 Christian relics, including one said to be from the shroud of Christ. On the front are the image of St. James and a piece of bone identified as being from the apostle, who was believed to have preached in Spain and whose purported relics were venerated by pilgrims at Santiago da Compostela in northwestern Spain. Ferdinand á Crespos gave this reliquary to the Church of St. Michael in Fuenfria in 1598.
provenance
Don Marcello Massarenti Collection, Rome [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1902, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1598 (Baroque)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Lacquer & Inlay
caskets (personal gear)
reliquaries
relics
imageCount
4
pageCount
4
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
31.4
height
17.9
depth
18.1
dimensionsRaw
H: 12 3/8 x W: 7 1/16 x D: 7 1/8 in. (31.43 x 17.94 x 18.1 cm)
Source extras
med
tempera on paper, gilding, wood, mica, ivory, bone
creator_ids
6242
15493
collection_ids
BAR
exhibition_ids
2115
Page inventory
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1
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photo
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no
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photo
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photo
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photo
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no