Name: Pyx , c.1300. Austria, probably Salzburg, 14th century. Silver and gilt silver; diameter: 4.8 x 7.8 cm (1 7/8 x 3 1/16 in.). A pyx is a container designed to hold the consecrated Eucharist wafers between masses. It was probably used by the clergy to administer communion to the sick and dying; its small size made it easily portable. The decoration relates to similar liturgical objects made in the ecclesiastical and artistic center of Salzburg for the cathedral treasury of that city. - SuperStock
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Pyx , c.1300. Austria, probably Salzburg, 14th century. Silver and gilt silver; diameter: 4.8 x 7.8 cm (1 7/8 x 3 1/16 in.). A pyx is a container designed to hold the consecrated Eucharist wafers between masses. It was probably used by the clergy to administer communion to the sick and dying; its small size made it easily portable. The decoration relates to similar liturgical objects made in the ecclesiastical and artistic center of Salzburg for the cathedral treasury of that city.

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