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| Keywords: Rhenish - Crystal Reliquary - Walters 538 - Three Quarter.jpg This barrel-shaped reliquary is formed of a large cylindrical piece of crystal bored down the middle to create a narrow compartment for a relic The rock crystal makes this a type of monstrance display reliquary that presents the relic for veneration visibly rather than keeping it hidden from view as in an enamel church-shaped shrine ca 1200 Medieval copper with gilding on rock crystal H at top of center finial 5 11/16 x W 6 5/8 x D 3 3/4 in 14 5 x 16 8 x 9 5 cm accession number 53 8 31190 Tycon and Smith Paris by purchase Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art museum 1931 by bequest Acquired by Henry Walters 1929 Reliquaries and Ritual Medieval Objects of Devotion The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1984-1985 Treasures of Heaven The Cleveland Museum of Art Cleveland; The Walters Art Museum Baltimore; The British Museum London 2010-2011 place of origin Rhineland Germany Walters Art Museum license Medieval metalwork in the Walters Art Museum Rhenish paintings Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
