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The Holy Land (?)
Reliquaries of the Holy Cross Supposed from the 12th-13th centuries. |
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The Holy Land (?)
Reliquaries of the Holy Cross Supposed from the 12th-13th centuries. |
Cross-shaped reliquaries. The first on the left is constituted by two cross-shaped valves with hinges, that, when closed, give shape to the recipient of the wooden relic. One of the two parts of the second (made of wood) is missing.
Dimensions of the object
Metallic cross: arms, 3.5 cm ; longitudinal body 5,5 cm.
Wooden cross : longer axe 4.5 cm ; 1.7 cm shorter axeBibliography
- "L'età normanna e sveva in Sicilia", catalogo della mostra a Palazzo dei Normanni a Palermo, organizzata dall'Assemblea Regionale Siciliana, Palermo, 1994.Location
Palermo, Tesoro della Cappella Palatina, Palazzo dei Normanni
Photography
G. Cappellani