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Reliquaries

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  • A man suffering from mental illness or epilepsy is held up in front of an altar on which is a reliquary with the face of Christ, several lame men are also at the altar in the hope of a miracle cure. Watercolour.
  • A man suffering from mental illness or epilepsy is held up in front of an altar on which is a reliquary with the face of Christ, several lame men are also at the altar in the hope of a miracle cure. Watercolour.
  • An Irish bronze reliquary in the form of a human arm, made to house an arm of Saint Lachtin. Etching by James Basire.
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Catalogue

    • Books

    Ricognizione del corpo di S. [i.e. Sant'] Antonio di Padova : studi storici e medico-antropologici / a cura di Virgilio Meneghelli e Antonino Poppi.

    | Date: 1981
    • Pictures

    A man suffering from mental illness or epilepsy is held up in front of an altar on which is a reliquary with the face of Christ, several lame men are also at the altar in the hope of a miracle cure. Watercolour.

    | Reference: 18581i
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    • Online

    An Irish bronze reliquary in the form of a human arm, made to house an arm of Saint Lachtin. Etching by James Basire.

    | Date: 1839 | Reference: 29730i
    • Books
    • Online

    Les reliques et les images légendaires / P. Saintyves.

    Saintyves, P., 1870-1935. | Date: 1912
    • Books

    Relics and remains / edited by Alexandra Walsham.

    | Date: 2010
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