- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet, metal figure of Our Lady of Orcival [.1] with a Latin inscription, which fits inside a lead box [.2] with a detachable lid [.3]. [RB 28/03/2012]
- Long description
- Amulet, metal figure of Our Lady of Orcival [.1], which fits inside a lead box [.2] with a detachable lid [.3]. The Latin inscription at the base of the figure [.1] reads: 'EGO DILIGENTES ME DILIGO'. [RB 28/03/2012]
- 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 White Metal, Process Cast, Process Inscribed
- Dimensions
- Height x Width: max 27 x 12 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.52.681.1 Other numbers: 1316
Search terms: Religion, Figure, Box, Writing, Amulet, Religious Object, Inscription
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