Amulet, a textile arch shaped reliquary, containing a figure of the ?Virgin Mary and a fragment of wax, with a removable textile lid. [ACA 27/04/2012]

Collection type: Object
Description: Amulet, a textile arch shaped reliquary, containing a figure of the ?Virgin Mary and a fragment of wax, with a removable textile lid. [ACA 27/04/2012]
Long description: Amulet, a textile arch shaped reliquary, containing a figure of the ?Virgin Mary and a fragment of wax, with a removable textile lid. The reliquary is a pointed arch shape, the two parts form a box and are attached to each other via a ribbon at the top. The exterior of both base and the lid are brocade textile, whilst the inside is lined with a silk textile. Inside there is a ?ceramic figure of the ?Virgin Mary, a fragment of yellow wax and a strip of paper inscribed in black ink with [part of the inscription is hidden] "agnus dei". There is a layer of glass and a border of yellow cotton thread above the relic and figure. [ACA 27/04/2012]
Geographical reference: France
Europe > Western Europe > France; Burgundy Côte-d'Or Dijon
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 Wax, Material Textile, Material Ribbon Textile, Material Silk Textile Animal, Material Ink, Material Glass, Material Pottery, Process Inscribed
Dimensions: Height: max 34 mm, Width: max 22 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1985.52.1050 Other numbers: 2095