Portable Reliquary of Saint Vincent, ca. 1400, with later terminals, French, Translucent enamels on silver, wood, Overall: 2 1/2 x 1/2 x 13/16 in. (6.4 x 1.2 x 2 cm), Enamels-Champlevé, The small size of this 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, Saint Vincent, ca, 1400, later terminals, French, Translucent enamels, silver, wood, Overall, 2 1/2 x 13/16, 6.4 1.2 2 cm, Enamels-Champlevé, 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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