reliquary

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• At the intimate end of the exhibition's spectrum is a bejeweled 14th-century French reliquary pendant that opens to reveal multiple leaves with gorgeously colored enamel scenes from the life of Christ, for contemplation by the magnificent object's wealthy owner. Where Revered Relics Repose
• Lourdes (France): The reliquary Schrine of Saint Bernadette (Le reliquaire) WN.com - Photown News
• The gold buckle does not feel like a real dress item, and may have been a reliquary, its hollow box once containing a sacred fragment of bone or textile.
• Thus, when the reliquary was exhibited from the outdoor pulpit on feast days sacred to the Virgin Mary, a strong visual bond between the reliquary and the church in which it was kept could be discerned.
• The reliquary bust's shoulders were made to look as if draped in a rich brocade, and it has a removable silk and enameled silver miter.
• One continued along a sequence of glass-fronted niches, like the compartments of a reliquary or the card-by-card disclosure of a Tarot hand.
• According to an old custom the reliquary of St Genevieve is never exposed without that of St Marcel.
• She also appears on a carved ivory reliquary of Brescia, which is most likely not later in date than 800 (D.C. A. art. The Three Additions to Daniel: A Study.
• This informal presentation enhanced the sense that one was being invited to uncover personal secrets, or to peer inside a reliquary.
• In the main prayer hall we stood before a reliquary said to contain the head of Zachariah, father of John the Baptist.