サン・ティリエの聖遺物を納めた胸像

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On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 304

この聖遺物容器には、6世紀にリモージュの南の町に修道院を開いたサン・ティリエの頭蓋骨が収められていました。この修道院は現在彼の名が付けられています。中世のリモージュ地方では、地元の聖人の頭の形をした聖遺物容器を崇拝するようになり、その信仰は今でも続いています。祝日には頭像が行列行進で町中を練り歩き、教会の祭壇に置かれて信者に拝まれました。貴金属の素材が聖人の高貴な容貌を思い起こさせ、納められていた頭蓋骨が永遠の権威を伝えました。

Reliquary Bust of Saint Yrieix, Silver and gilded silver with rock crystal, gems, and glass, French

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Reliquary Bust of Saint Yrieix, Silver and gilded silver with rock crystal, gems, and glass, French
Reliquary Bust of Saint Yrieix, Silver and gilded silver with rock crystal, gems, and glass, French
Reliquary Bust of Saint Yrieix, Silver and gilded silver with rock crystal, gems, and glass, French
Reliquary Bust of Saint Yrieix, Silver and gilded silver with rock crystal, gems, and glass, French
Reliquary Bust of Saint Yrieix, Silver and gilded silver with rock crystal, gems, and glass, French
Reliquary Bust of Saint Yrieix, Silver and gilded silver with rock crystal, gems, and glass, French
Reliquary Bust of Saint Yrieix, Silver and gilded silver with rock crystal, gems, and glass, French
Reliquary Bust of Saint Yrieix, Silver and gilded silver with rock crystal, gems, and glass, French
Reliquary Bust of Saint Yrieix, Silver and gilded silver with rock crystal, gems, and glass, French
Reliquary Bust of Saint Yrieix, Silver and gilded silver with rock crystal, gems, and glass, French
Reliquary Bust of Saint Yrieix, Silver and gilded silver with rock crystal, gems, and glass, French
Reliquary Bust of Saint Yrieix, Silver and gilded silver with rock crystal, gems, and glass, French
Reliquary Bust of Saint Yrieix, Silver and gilded silver with rock crystal, gems, and glass, French

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