A small, attractive glass-fronted brass reliquary monstrance is decorated by a papal miter with crossed keys and crystals housing a precious relic of the Shroud of Jesus Christ (the Shroud of Turin). A significant cloth relic is affixed to a ground of red silk surrounded by paperolle ornamentation and identified in Latin on manuscript cedula label as De Sindone D.N.J.C. (of the Shroud of Our Lord Jesus Christ).  On the back, behind the protective cap, the reliquary is certified by a seal of red Spanish wax bearing an imprint of the coat of arms of Monsignor Félix-Pierre Fruchaud (†1874), Archbishop of Limoges, France (1859 - 1871). The reliquary is … Подробнее

Spectacular early 20th-century French metal cruciform reliquary profusely decorated with micromosaic housing particles from the wood from the True Cross of Jesus Christ. The relics are housed in the round glass-fronted central cavity, displayed in the cruciform shape on the ground of red silk surrounded by an elaborate gilt paperolle ornamentation. They are identified in Latin on a manuscript cedula label as SS Crucis [D.N.J.C.] (the Most Holy Cross of Our Lord Jesus Christ).  On the back, behind the protective cap, the reliquary is secured by an undisturbed seal of red Spanish wax with a clear imprint of a coat of arms of … Подробнее

A historically important large round glass-fronted silver pendant reliquary theca housing precious relics of the Wood from the True Cross of Jesus Christ. The precious relics are displayed in a cruciform shape on the ground of collaged paper surrounded by thick gilt silver wire ornamentation and identified in Latin on a manuscript cedula label as Lionum Sanctissimae Crucis Domini Nostri Jesu Christi (Of the Most Holy Wood from the Cross of Our Lord Jesus Christ).  On the back, under a protective cap of silvered brass, the reliquary is secured with a seal of red Spanish wax bearing an imprint with a coat of arms of Monsignor Joseph … Подробнее

Rare fancy gilt filigree silver reliquary housing the second-class ex indumentis (of the clothes) pre-canonization relic of Saint Pope Paul XXIII. A substantial cloth relic is affixed to a gilt starburst on a ground of red silk ground surrounded by gilt paperolle ornamentation, studded with four crystals, and identified in Latin on a bi-color typeset cedula label as Ex Insumentis B. Joannis XXIII Papae. (of the clothing of the Blessed Pope John XXIII).  On the back, under a protective cap, the reliquary is secured with a seal of red Spanish wax bearing an imprint of a coat of arms of Fr. Giulio Mencuccini, CP., Bishop of Sanggau. … Подробнее

A 19th-century facsimile third-class touch relic of the Holy Nail of Jesus Christ. The relic is certified by a seal of red Spanish wax bearing an imprint of the Monastery of the Holy Cross of Jerusalem in Rome. 

18th-century angel-form reliquary made of painted and gilded wood with front glass panel housing significant first-class ex ossibus (of the bone) relics of two Unmercenary healers: Saints Cosmas and Damian. The relics are affixed to a red silk background and identified on paper cedulae labels as S. Cosmae Mart. / S Damiani Mart. (Saint Cosmas Martyr / Saint Damian Martyr). On the back, the reliquary is protected by a crisscrossed silk ribbon held in place by four seals of red Spanish wax with clear imprints of a coat of arms of an unidentified Catholic Bishop. The reliquary has damage on the left side where the … Подробнее

19th-century French cruciform  reliquary monstrance made of ebony wood decorated with solid silver finials and rays of light housing a glass-fronted silver theca with particles from the wood from the True Cross of Jesus Christ. The relics are displayed in a  glass-fronted removable theca placed in the center of the reliquary and identified in Latin as Verae Crucis ([from the] True Cross). The theca is secured by an undisturbed seal of red Spanish wax with an imprint of a coat of arms of Fr. Giovanni Pietro Augustoni O.E.S.A. (†1839), Titular Bishop of Porphyreon and and Sacristan of the Apostolic Palace (1829–1839). It comes with an original … Подробнее

Spectacular large silver crystal-fronted reliquary decorated with opulent floral ornamentation and housing significant first-class ex ossibus (of the bone) relic of Saint Christopher.  Substantial relic is affixed to the background of red silk decorated with paperole ornamentation and identified on a paper cedula label as S. Christopha/ri M. (St. Christopher, Martyr). On the back, the theca is secured with a perfectly preserved seal of red Spanish wax bearing a faint imprint with a coat of arms of an unidentified Catholic Bishop.

 

 

Реалистично выполненный в форме благославляющей руки реликварий, сделанный из посеребренного и позолоченного папье маше. В средней части реликвария, в углубление помещена извлекаемая тека из посеребряной латуни с овальным фронтальным окошком, содержащая  исторически значимые мощи первого порядка раннехристианского мученика Святого Авундия Римского. Этикетка гласит - "Зуб и часть пальца". Сзади тека опечатана печатью красного испанского воска с гербом Джузеппе Манчини (+1855), Архиепископа Сиены (1824-1855). К реликварию прилагается оригинальный документ, заверенный  рукою Джузеппе Манчини в 1829 году.