#reliquary

[ttrraasshh]

Rock reliquaries by Sarah Flavin

[blondebrainpowered]

Reliquary in the shape of a three-legged fish, from Germany, ca. 900-1350 CE.

Crafted from rock crystal and silver-gilt, and it was designed as a vessel for relics of Mary Magdalene.

[theinternetarchive]

blood reliquary and lid, gilt silver, italy c. 1500s.

[ducissatenebrarum]

[rosieandthemoon]

“Vanitas with Flowers” circa early 18th c

[amidstsilence]

do you know your holy relics?

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[lionofchaeronea]

Octagonal reliquary (bone on a wooden frame, with gilding and red and green paste inlays), made by an unknown artist active in Cologne (Köln), Germany, in the mid-13th century. Each face of the reliquary features a sculpted image of an apostle.

Dimensions: 20 × 13.2 × 13.3 cm (7.8 × 5.1 × 5.2 in). Location: Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, MD, USA. Photo credit: Walters Art Museum.

[christreginlave]

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