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Arm Reliquary of Saint Nicholas
Not on view
This work is the oldest arm reliquary to survive from Cilicia with elements from other works added when it was restored in 1926. The image on the hand and the 1315 dedicatory inscription by Catholicos Kostandin III identify it as the arm of Saint Nicholas, the patron saint of merchants and sailors. Arm reliquaries, initially developed in the Latin West, became highly venerated by Armenians, especially the one of Saint Gregory the Illuminator.
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