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Monstrance reliquaire
Venise, 2e moitié XVe siécle.
Cuivre doré, verre, émail peint
Ancienne collection Spitzer, Don Marquise Arconati - Visconti, en 1893, Cl. 13081(?)
Which can be roughly translated as:
Monstrance reliquary
Venice, 2nd half of the 15th Century.
Gilded copper, glass, painted enamel.
Former Spitzer collection, Don Arconati Marquise-Visconti, 1893, Cluny catalog number 13081(?)
Monstrance reliquaries were used to display relics so they could be seen when carried in a procession or displayed in public.
More information on reliquaries can be found at Wikipedia and at the Metropolitan Museum of Art site.
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