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RELIQUARY PENDANT [1 record]

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Record 1 1987-12-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Jewellery
DEF

Kind of reliquaries worn on a chain round the neck or suspended from the girdle.

CONT

towards the end of the Middles Ages a considerable number of silver and silvergilt reliquary pendants were produced in Germany.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Joaillerie et bijouterie
DEF

Type de reliquaires qui se portaient en collier vers la fin du Moyen-Age.

CONT

On portait aussi des reliquaires sur soi dans des médaillons et jusque dans les pommeaux des épées.

Spanish

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