Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Arm Reliquary ~ Prague

Arm Reliquary
Prague, 14th Century

5 comments:

  1. Forgive me for my ignorance; I am a lover of such artifacts, but not a historian or at least an "informed" devotee...what were these used for? Anita

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  2. this is divine! makes me want to sculpt and gild something right now!

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  3. Anita, they were used for housing holy relics, usually bones of saints! Creepy but fascinating to me.

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