The arts in the Middle Ages, and at the period of the Renaissance (1875)
Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884, Dafforne, James, d. 1880 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 61
of relics, established in the early days of the Church,subsequently led to the introduction of shrines and reliquaries, a kind ofportable tomb which the disciples of the Gospel devoted to the memory, andin honour, of martyrs and confessors of the faith. Thus from the first, incollecting these holy… … Fig. 22 —Censer of the Eleventh Century, recalling the shape of the Temple of Jerusalem, in copperrepousse. (Formerly in Metz Cathedral, now at Treves.) manj- virtues and miracles. Hence the introduction of shrines into churches,and reliquaries into private houses. Owing to the care bestowed on…
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