Reliquary
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Work Number
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580155
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Title
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Reliquary
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Description
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Description from card catalogue: 1672, Enamel and gilded metal
Side 1: Two rows of three saints adorn a side of the reliquary. They are placed beneath floral quatrefoil arches. In the top row are the Theotokos and Christ Child, Jesus Christ, and St. John. In the bottom row are Saints Basil, Gregorios (?), and St. John the Evangelist (?).
Side 2: Two rows of saints adorn the backside side of the reliquary. They are placed beneath floral quatrefoil arches. In the middle of the bottom row is a protruding apse. The top row features Saints Cosmas and Damian in addition to an archangel. The bottom row features Saints Demetrius and Gabriel.
Side 3: Two rows of saints adorn a side of the reliquary. They are placed beneath floral quatrefoil arches. In the top is the Theotokos, St. Nikon (?), and Jesus Christ. In the bottom row are Saints Athanasius(?), -, -.
Side 4: Saints and Peter and Paul appear in two full-length panels on the front of the reliquary. They both gesture towards a panel perhaps of the Ark of the Covenant bearing the Ten Commandments. Beneath this is the Annunciation on the doors of the reliquary.
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Medium
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Enamel and gilded metal
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Subject
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Archangel
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Athanasius, Saint, Patriarch of Alexandria, -373
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Basil, Saint, Bishop of Caesarea, ca. 329-379
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Christ Pantokrator
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Cosmas, Saint
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Damian, Saint
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Demetrius, Saint
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Gabriel (Archangel)
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Jesus Christ
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John, the Apostle, Saint
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Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint
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Virgin Dexiokratousa
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Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint, Annunciation
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Peter, the Apostle, Saint
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Provenance
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Gallery, Case 10
