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Reliquary of the Cross
Not on view
The sides of this reliquary box detail the journey taken by the Cross relic it once contained from Jerusalem to the Church of Saint-Sernin in Toulouse. On the long side with the hinges, an abbot from the Church of the Virgin in the Valley of Jehoshaphat hands the relic to a scribe from Toulouse, who then boards a ship bound for France. The scribe presents the Cross to the Abbot of Toulouse on one short side; on the long side with the keyhole, the church doors are flung wide to receive the precious souvenir.
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