Amulet, cylindrical wooden relic box, containing scrolls of paper with saint's names written in black ink, with a glass front. [ACA 07/03/2012]

Collection type: Object
Description: Amulet, cylindrical wooden relic box, containing scrolls of paper with saint's names written in black ink, with a glass front. [ACA 07/03/2012]
Long description: Amulet, cylindrical wooden relic box, containing scrolls of paper with saint's names written in black ink, with a glass front. The box is fronted with glass and is missing the lid, there is cotton yarn wrapped around the rim. The reliquary is made up of scrolls of gilded paper, a loose pink scroll of paper, and strips of paper inscribed with black ink, all glued onto pink foil metal. Not all the writing is legible, however the following can be read: "Voile de l. Ste Vierge"; "Ste Collete"; "Ste ?Plaise d'N"; "?buaire de N.". [ACA 07/03/2012]
Geographical reference: France
Europe > Western Europe > France; Paris
Person: Field collector Unknown Collector; PRM source Wellcome Institute; PRM source Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1931
Date collected: By 1931
Acquisition information: Transferred: 1985
Materials and processes: Material Box Wood Plant, Material Paper Plant, Material Foil Metal, Material Glass, Material Cotton Seed Fibre Yarn Plant, Process Carved, Process Gilded, Process Inscribed
Dimensions: Diameter: max 30 mm, Height: max 15 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1985.52.359 Other numbers: 744