Amulet, diamond shaped cardboard and textile reliquary, containing a figure of the Virgin Mary and saint names inscribed in black ink on paper. [ACA 11/06/2012]

Collection type: Object
Description: Amulet, diamond shaped cardboard and textile reliquary, containing a figure of the Virgin Mary and saint names inscribed in black ink on paper. [ACA 11/06/2012]
Long description: Amulet, diamond shaped cardboard and textile reliquary, containing a figure of the Virgin Mary and saint names inscribed in black ink on paper. The outside of the reliquary is made up of paper whilst the back is a green and white striped textile, there is a rope loop at the top for suspension and a layer of glass on top which frames the reliquary. In the centre of the reliquary is a ceramic figure of the Virgin Mary which has been crudely painted. Around the figure there are four strips of paper glued onto blue paper and inscribed with the following: "agnus dei", "Sæ Coletæ", "Sæ Ursulsæ. M.", "?". Around the edge there is coiled and folded gold edged paper creating a border and a flower design. [ACA 11/06/2012]
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 Cardboard Paper Plant, Material Textile, Material Pottery, Material Paper Plant, Material Glass, Material Ink, Material Pigment, Process Inscribed, Process Painted
Dimensions: Height: max 140 mm, Width: max 45 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1985.52.1761 Other numbers: 3700

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

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