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Reliquary in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, February 2010

Reliquary in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, February 2010
Reliquary
Gilded copper, rock crystal, glass, and parchment
French (?)
Made about 1125-1200 (rock crystal); early 19th century (?) (setting)

Accession # 17.190.813

The core of this opulent reliquary contains a large late twelth-century rock crystal with engraved vine scroll patterns from the Meuse valley (present-day Belgium). It was said to have once held relics of Saint Margaret, Philip the Apostle, and Catherine as well as of Bishop Valerius. The present neo-Gothic setting may reflect the original reliquary form.

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