Reliquary Cross with Christ and the Virgin 9th-13th century Byzantine This cross and similar examples are made of two crosses hinged at the bottom, which allowed access to a hollow space meant to hold a relic. The large numbers of surviving copper-alloy reliquary crosses suggest that they were not used solely for relics of the True Cross or other primary relics, such as the bone of a saint; instead they likely contained secondary relics, for instance, a piece of earth from a holy site or a piece of fabric made holy through contact with the body of a saint.. Reliquary Cross with Christ and the Virgin. Byzantine. 9th-13th century. Copper alloy. Metalwork-Copper alloy

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Reliquary Cross with Christ and the Virgin 9th-13th century Byzantine This cross and similar examples are made of two crosses hinged at the bottom, which allowed access to a hollow space meant to hold a relic. The large numbers of surviving copper-alloy reliquary crosses suggest that they were not used solely for relics of the True Cross or other primary relics, such as the bone of a saint; instead they likely contained secondary relics, for instance, a piece of earth from a holy site or a piece of fabric made holy through contact with the body of a saint.. Reliquary Cross with Christ and the Virgin. Byzantine. 9th-13th century. Copper alloy. Metalwork-Copper alloy

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