* Arm reliquary carved, antique XVII century.
This arm reliquary is in good condition, it is in its own juice. There are no relics.
A note: cracks and gaps on the fingers, cracks on the wood, small tiny wormholes, see photos.
is causing a sort of cabinet to house one or more relics. The reliquaries are actually a variety of form and use. Some portable shrines for the exhibition of relics were called monstrances. Others, following the shape of the object they contain, are called topical (and busts and heads reliquary reliquary which usually contain all or part of the skull of a saint, the arm-reliquaries, etc.. ). The arm-reliquaries, feet and legs reliquary reliquary and are of the general form of the members they contain.