Amulet, reliquary pendant carved from an apricot stone, containing 'Agnus Dei' and a saint's relic, with a glass front and perforated for suspension. [RB 23/04/2012]

Collection type: Object
Description: Amulet, reliquary pendant carved from an apricot stone, containing 'Agnus Dei' and a saint's relic, with a glass front and perforated for suspension. [RB 23/04/2012]
Long description: Amulet, reliquary pendant carved from an apricot stone, containing 'Agnus Dei' and a saint's relic, with a glass front and perforated for suspension. There appears to be a ?plaster figure of the ?Virgin Mary in the centre of the reliquary, however the figure is broken. The relics are to either side of the figure. To the left there is a strip of paper which reads 'Angus' placed over the top of a ?wax relic. To the right there is a strip of paper which reads 'Severian' [St. Severian] placed over the top of a relic. The relics are mounted on a gold coloured background, and there is a strip of black cotton textile around the edge of the glass front. The apricot stone had been carved and incised with 'IHS' [Iesus Hominum Salvator] on the reverse. [RB 23/04/2012]
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 Plant Seed, Material Glass, Material Paper Plant, Material Cotton Seed Fibre Textile Plant, Material Ink, Material Wax, Material Plaster, Process Carved, Process Perforated, Process Inscribed, Process Incised
Dimensions: Length x Width: max 24 x 20 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1985.52.982 Other numbers: 1950

Search terms: Religion, Ornament, Figure, Writing, Amulet, Religious Object, Pendant, Inscription

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