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This style of reliquary has a viewing portal to view the relic inside. The feretrum was a medieval form of reliquary or shrine containing the sacred effigies and relics of a saint. During the later Middle Ages, the monstrance form, primarily used for consecrated hosts, was sometimes used for reliquaries. These housed the relic in a rock crystal ...
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 ...
The "A" and many other reliquaries became sources of income for the churches. Although the money was ultimately used for practical up-keep and caring for the needs of pilgrims, it became important for the reliquaries to be upheld in the highest regard in order to keep a steady income flow. [3]
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.
The Trier Cathedral Treasury is a museum of Christian art and medieval art in Trier, Germany. The museum is owned by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Trier and is located inside the Cathedral of Trier. It contains some of the church's most valuable relics, reliquaries, liturgical vessels, ivories, manuscripts and other artistic objects. The ...
The interior of the Limburg Staurotheke with the True Cross reliquary in place. The Limburg Staurotheke (from Greek σταυρός stauros, "cross" and θήκη theke "container") is an example of a Byzantine reliquary, one of the best surviving examples of Byzantine enamel, in the cloisonné technique.
The reliquary was featured in the BBC's A History of the World in 100 Objects, in which Neil MacGregor described it as "without question one of the supreme achievements of medieval European metalwork", [2] and was a highlight of the exhibition Treasures of Heaven: Saints, Relics, and Devotion in Medieval Europe at the British Museum from June ...