Reliquary Bust of Saint Balbina, ca. 1520–30, Made in possibly Brussels, Belgium, South Netherlandish, Oak, paint, gilt, Overall: 17 1/2 x 16 x 6 1/4 in. (44.5 x 40.6 x 15.9 cm), Sculpture-Wood, Medieval reliquaries often took the form of the body parts they were created to contain. Bust reliquaries for the skulls of saints were placed on or near altars and, by the late Middle Ages, were assembled in large numbers in some church sanctuaries, from Cologne in the north to Ubeda in southern Spain
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Reliquary Bust, Saint Balbina, ca, 1520–30, Brussels, Belgium, South Netherlandish, Oak, paint, gilt, Overall, 17 1/2 x 16 6 1/4, 44.5 40.6 15.9 cm, Sculpture-Wood, Medieval reliquaries, form, body parts, created, contain, Bust, skulls, saints, placed, altars, late Middle, Ages, assembled, large numbers, church sanctuaries, Cologne, north, Ubeda, southern Spain
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