Portable Reliquary Case
Item
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Title
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Portable Reliquary Case
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Rights
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Public Domain
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Date
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1400 CE
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Description
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This reliquary from France is small enough to suggest it would have been carried in the accompanying leather case. It is inscribed with the words, "de sepulchro s[an]c[ti]/ vi[n]ce[n]cii e de carne/ et ossib[us] eiusde[m] s[an]c[ti]," meaning, from the tomb of St. Vincent and from the flesh and bones of this same saint.
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Format
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leather (cuir bouilli), boiled and tooled, traces of gilding, 4 15/16 x 1 5/16 x 13/16 in.
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Language
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Latin
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Publisher
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Contributor
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Emily Morgan
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Identifier
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1984.24.2
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Subject
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relic; reliquary; saints; Saint Vincent; Christianity
Portable Reliquary