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Reliquary Cross, French, c. 1180 Domnach Airgid, Irish, 8th–9th century, added to 14th century, 15th century, and after. The use of reliquaries became an important part of Christian practices from at least the 4th century, initially in the Eastern Churches, which adopted the practice of moving and dividing the bodies of saints much earlier than the West, probably in part because the new ...
Relics are an important aspect of some forms of Buddhism, Christianity, Islam, shamanism, and many other religions. Relic derives from the Latin reliquiae, meaning "remains", and a form of the Latin verb relinquere, to "leave behind, or abandon". A reliquary is a shrine that houses one or more religious relics.
The Monymusk Reliquary, early 8th century, National Museum of Scotland Saint Manchan's Shrine, 12th-century. House-shaped shrine (or church or tomb-shaped shrines) [1] are early medieval portable metal reliquaries formed in the shape of the roof of a rectangular building.
According to the surgeon and antiquarian [24] William Wilde, Prendergast collected a number of early medieval relics, including the tooth and Cross of Cong. [25] Wilde wrote the first detailed description of the shrine and its provenance in 1872. [1] It was displayed by Margaret Stokes in the mid-18th century. [26]
On 10 August 1239, the king deposited 29 relics in Villeneuve-l'Archevêque. On 19 August 1239, the relics arrived in Paris. Wearing a simple tunic and with bare feet, the King placed the Crown of Thorns and other relics in the palace chapel in a structure he commissioned. During the French revolution, the relics were stored in the National ...
The Reliquary Shrine is an especially complex 14th century container for relics, now in The Cloisters, New York. It is made from translucent enamel, gilt-silver and paint, and dated to c 1325–50. Although first mentioned in a convent in Budapest, its style and influences indicates French craftsmanship.
The Breac Maodhóg (English: Speckled Shrine of Saint Maedog) [3] is a relatively large Irish house-shaped reliquary, today in the National Museum of Ireland.It is thought to date from the second half of the 11th century, [4] and while periods as early as the 9th century have been proposed, the later dating is thought more likely based on the style of its decoration.
The seventeen other relics purchased from Constantinople were the Blood of Christ, the nappies of the infant Jesus, a chain, a stone from the Holy Sepulchre, a cross, a purple mantle, a reed, part of his funeral shroud, the towel with which he dried the Apostles' feet, the rod of Moses, part of John the Baptist's head, and the heads of Saint ...