reliquary;
locket;
relic;
human remains
- Museum number
- 1889,0207.1
- Description
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Reliquary locket, brass, of oval shape, containing relics of saints beneath glass. Each relic placed on a tiny paper lozenge, with the saint's name on a paper label, the relics divided into ornamental compartments formed of gold strips and silver wire spirals; red cloth background; suspension loop with fragment of red ribbon.
- Dimensions
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Length: 9.20 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- For the veneration of relics see Henk van Os, 'The Way to Heaven. Relic veneration in the Middle Ages', Baarn 2000, published to accompany the exhibition in the Niewe Kerk, Amsterdam and the Museum Catharijneconvent, Utrecht (see chapter 2: The veneration of saints past and present, pp. 15-54).
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1889
- Acquisition notes
- Purchased in Rome.
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- 1889,0207.1