Amulet, oval reliquary pendant, with saints' relics framed behind glass in a metal mount with a loop for suspension and a red wax seal. [RB 03/07/2012]

Collection type: Object
Description: Amulet, oval reliquary pendant, with saints' relics framed behind glass in a metal mount with a loop for suspension and a red wax seal. [RB 03/07/2012]
Long description: Amulet, oval reliquary pendant, with saints' relics framed behind glass in a metal mount with a loop for suspension and a red wax seal. The reliquary contains three relics, each with a strip of paper next to it with a saint's name written on it in black ink. These names read: 'S. Bernar: ab.[?]', 'S. Barbare V. M', and 'S. August. doc'. Each is surrounded by coiled metal wire and scrolled paper, and mounted on a red textile. All of which is framed behind a panel of glass, and mounted in a metal frame, which has a twisted piece of thin metal around the outer edge. On the reverse of the pendant there is a piece of a paper with a red wax seal stamped over pieces of string to hold the paper in place, below which there appears to be another panel of glass. [RB 03/07/2012]
Geographical reference: France
Europe > Western Europe > France; Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Vaucluse Avignon
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 Metal, Material Glass, Material Textile, Material Paper Plant, Material Wax, Material Cotton Seed Fibre Yarn Plant, Material Metal Wire, Process Twisted, Process Inscribed, Process Coiled
Dimensions: Length x Width: max 43 x 35 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1985.52.2037 Other numbers: 4112

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

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