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Rhenish - Crystal Reliquary - Walters 538 - Three Quarter

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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.

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1000 - 1450
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Walters Art Museum
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