Pyx, mid-16th century, Spanish, Toledo, Silver gilt, Height: 7 7/8 in. (20 cm), Metalwork-Silver, Gaspar Gallo (active ca. 1561–86), This pyx, used to hold the wafer of the Eucharist, is inscribed in Latin: 'This is the body of our Lord Jesus Christ.' The twisted gadroons around the foot and cover demonstrate the persistence of late medieval traditions well into the sixteenth century
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