Exceptional wooden reliquary with a glass front surrounded by a circle of gilded brass, magnificently decorated with paperolles representing the crown of thorns, containing a relic of the true cross (Lignum Santa Crucis) and the relics of:
S Joannis Evang - Saint John the Apostle (the Evangelist)
S joannis bapt - Saint John the Baptist
The reliquary is accompanied by its original "Authentic" document precisely describing the reliquary and the relics and issued in 1842 by the Vatican Good used condition with its original glass.
Unopened. Ecclesiastical seal and silk ribbon present.
PERIOD: 1842
SIZE: 4.3" X 4.3"