reliquary
A container for relics. Often reliquaries were in the form of caskets, though it was quite common for them to be shaped like statues or body parts (such as hands or heads). Compare with:monstrance.
Renaissance ...
Reliquary: A container, often richly ornamented, holding the remains of a saint which can be displayed to the faithful.
Reliquary. Urn or container for the relics of a saint or martyr.
Ribbed vault. A form of cross vaulting in which the weight of the segments is evenly distributed over raised stone ribs.
Reliquary
A container or receptacle, such as a casket, coffer or shrine, for keeping or displaying sacred religious relics. Usually made of a richly decorated, precious material such as gold or silver or ivory.
Reliquary of Ste. Foi, assembled in the 11th century.
Cross of Lothair, early 10th century
Relic of the tunic of the Virgin from Chartres Cathedral.
In Gothic architecture a niche may be set within a tabernacle framing, like a richly-decorated miniature house ("aedicule"), such as might serve for a reliquary. Backings for altars in churches ("reredos") can be embedded with niches for statues.
a multistoried Buddhist reliquary tower, tapering toward the top and characterized by projecting eaves.
Painterly
in painting, using the quality of color and texture, rather than line, to define form.
of Christ crowning the Virgin Mary in the central gable of the west facade of Reims possesses all the intimate grace of the same subject depicted in two contemporary statuettes, also in the Louvre. Beginning in the 1260s the large metal reliquary ...
 See also: Architecture, Church, Decorated, Capital, Well
|
