Lid for the wooden relic box [1985.52.2822 .1]. Made from dark coloured wood. The lid has a wider diameter than the associated box. [ASh [OPS move] 3/2/2017]

Collection type: Object
Description: Lid for the wooden relic box [1985.52.2822 .1]. Made from dark coloured wood. The lid has a wider diameter than the associated box. [ASh [OPS move] 3/2/2017]
Long description: Amulet, circular wooden relic box [.1], containing a fragment of wood from the staff of St ?Franfcifcr ?Affifienfis, with a detachable lid [.2]. There is a strip of paper glued over the top of the fragment, inscribed with the following "Pars veri Baculi Sancti ?Franfcifcr ?Affifienfis.". With a border of orange coiled gold edged paper. [ACA 23/08/2012]
Geographical reference: France
Europe > Western Europe > France; Isère Drôme Hautes-Alpes [Dauphiné]
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 Paper Plant, Process Printed, Process Coiled
Dimensions: Diameter: max 39 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1985.52.2822.2 Other numbers: 4639?

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