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Reliquary Cross

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, purchase, Michel David-Weill Gift, The Cloisters Collection, and Mme. Robert Gras Gift, in memory of Dr. Robert Gras, 2002

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Culture: French (Limoges), probably from the Abbey of Grandmont
Date: ca. 1180
Material: Silver gilt on a wood core, rock crystal, glass
Dimensions: 29.8 × 12.5 × 2.5 cm
Inscribed: on the proper right side of the shaft, running up: de sepvlcro d(omi)ni; de sepvlcro be(ate)marie; on the proper right arm: de innocentib(us); over the proper left arm: s(ancti) apollinaris, obscured by a strip of metal engraved: s(ancti) vincenci; on the proper left side of the shaft, running down: s(ancti) hermitis m(artyr)i; capilli s(anct)i steph(an)i. m(artiri); under the proper right arm: de nativitate d(omi)ni; under the proper left arm: de calvarie
Provenance: Felix Doistau, Paris; Augustin Gilbert, Paris; Brimo de Laroussilhe, Paris; Withney collection

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