Portable Reliquary Case, ca. 1400, French, leather (cuir bouilli), boiled and tooled, traces of gilding, Overall: 4 15/16 x 1 5/16 x 13/16 in. (12.6 x 3.3 x 2 cm), Leatherwork, The small size of the reliquary and its fitted case indicated that it was intended to be carried on the owner's person. The enameled plaque reads: 'de sepulchro s[an]c[ti]/ vi[n]ce[n]cii e de carne/ et ossib[us] eiusde[m] s[an]c[ti]' (from the tomb of St
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Portable Reliquary Case, ca, 1400, French, leather, cuir bouilli, boiled, tooled, traces, gilding, Overall, 4 15/16 x 1 5/16 13/16, 12.6 3.3 2 cm, Leatherwork, small, size, reliquary, fitted case, indicated, intended, carried, owner, person, enameled plaque, reads, de sepulchro, ti, vi, n, ce, cii, e, de, carne, et, ossib, us, eiusde, m, tomb, St
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