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Arm Reliquary

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Arm Reliquary

Date:: 13th century (with 15th century additions)
Culture:: French
Medium:: Silver, silver-gilt, glass and rock crystal cabochons over wood core
Dimensions:: Overall: 20 5/16 x 6 1/4 x 2 15/16in. (51.6 x 15.8 x 7.4cm)
Classification:: Metalwork
Credit Line:: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
Accession Number:: 17.190.353

This artwork is not on display

Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

Inscription: Tag inside the top crystal identifying the relic as "Fiacr"; gilded copper wristband also inscribed with saint's name.
Provenance

Georges Hoentschel (French, Paris 1855–1915)(until 1911); J. Pierpont Morgan, London and New York (about 1911–1913); Estate of J. Pierpont Morgan(1913–1917)
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What
Metal (59,483)

Glass (16,078)

Metalwork (14,681)

Silver (14,046)

Gilt (9,077)

Quartz crystal (407)

Reliquaries (315)

Cabochons (120)
Where
Europe (150,372)

France (49,614)
When
A.D. 1000-1400 (7,067)
In the Museum
Medieval Art (6,711)
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Relics and Reliquaries in Medieval Christianity

France, 1000–1400 A.D.
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