Amulet, a wooden box [.1] and removable lid [.2] containing a relic of the Holy Thorn [.3] [from the Crown of Thorns] and a red wax seal [.4]. [RB 18/04/2012]

Collection type: Object
Description: Amulet, a wooden box [.1] and removable lid [.2] containing a relic of the Holy Thorn [.3] [from the Crown of Thorns] and a red wax seal [.4]. [RB 18/04/2012]
Long description: Amulet, a wooden box [.1] and removable lid [.2] containing a relic of the Holy Thorn [.3] [from the Crown of Thorns] and a red wax seal [.4]. The interior of the box is stained pink. The Holy Thorn relic mounted on a cross shaped piece of paper, with gold coloured foil metal decorations. This is in turn mounted on a red coloured textile, with a paper backing. There is also a red wax seal with a crest impressed on it, and with cotton strings attached to it. It does not seem likely that this is the original box for the relic. [RB 18/04/2012]
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 Wood Plant, Material Wax, Material Textile, Material Paper Plant, Material Cotton Seed Fibre Yarn Plant, Material Gold Foil Metal, Material Pigment, Process Carved, Process Stained, Process Glued, Process Varnished
Dimensions: Length x Width: max 35 x 32 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1985.52.911.3 Other numbers: 1781

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