Reliquary Cross, ca. 1180, Made in Limoges, France, French, Silver gilt, rock crystal, glass cabochons; wood core, Overall (w/ tang): 11 3/4 x 4 15/16 x 1 in. (29.8 x 12.5 x 2.5 cm), Metalwork-Silver, Twelfth-century churchmen and the nobility in central France prided themselves on their devotion to the scared sites of the Holy Land. Relics from that region, alternating with more than sixty 'gems' of colored glass, are set like jewels on this cross
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Reliquary Cross, ca, 1180, Limoges, France, French, Silver gilt, rock crystal, glass cabochons, wood core, Overall, w/ tang, 11 3/4 x 4 15/16 1, 29.8 12.5 2.5 cm, Metalwork-Silver, Twelfth-century churchmen, nobility, central France, prided, themselves, devotion, scared sites, Holy Land, Relics, region, alternating, sixty, gems, colored glass, set, jewels, cross
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