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A 4 page paper which examines the significance of relics, analyzing two reliquaries. The reliquaries are both accessible at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and are Chasse: The Crucifixion and Christ in Majesty and the Reliquary Bust of Saint Yrieix. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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holy person, or objects with which they had contact, is as old as the faith itself and developed alongside it" (Metropolitan Museum of Art [2]). They were not just mementos
but objects that had, in one way or another, come in contact with an important person, normally a saint in the realm of Christianity. The following paper examines two relics
and then analyzes them, discussing the importance of relics as figures of art and as representative of the cultures. The relics, which can be seen at the Metropolitan Museum of
Art, are Chasse: The Crucifixion and Christ in Majesty and the Reliquary Bust of Saint Yrieix. Reliquaries: Metropolitan Museum of Art The
Reliquary Bust of Saint Yrieix is from the second quarter of 13th century and is French. Its materials are: "Gilded silver, rock crystal, gems, glass, originally over walnut core with
silver leaf and gesso on interior" and measures "15 x 9 3/16 x 10 1/4 in. (38.1 x 23.4 x 26.1 cm); wooden core: 14 7/16 x 8 7/8 x
9 13/16 in. (36.6 x 22.5 x 24.9 cm)" (Metropolitan Museum of Art [3]). The Chasse: The Crucifixion and Christ in Majesty is from the end of the 12th century
and is also French. It is made up of "Copper: engraved, chiseled, stippled, and gilt; champlev? enamel: dark, medium, and light blue; turquoise, dark and light green, yellow, red, and
white; wood core, painted red on exterior" and measures "10 5/16 x 11 7/8 x 4 9/16 in. (26.2 x 30.2 x 11.6 cm)" (Metropolitan Museum of Art [1]).
The bust of Saint Yrieix actually contained the skull of this particular saint who was "was the sixth-century founder of a monastery south
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