Title

Silver monstrance or reliquary, 15th century, (1881). Creator: S Thomas.

Caption

Silver monstrance or reliquary, 15th century, (1881). Etching of a silver religious item, possibly made in France. It is missing the original glass. A reliquary is a container for the relics of saints, and a monstrance is used for the exhibition of the consecrated Eucharistic host or other holy object. From "The South Kensington Museum", a book of engraved illustrations, with descriptions, of the works of art in the collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum in London (formerly known as the South Kensington Museum). [Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington, London, 1881]

Date

1881

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19F37_039

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

61,2Mb (1,1Mb) / 12,4in x 19,2in / 3711 x 5763 (300dpi)

Keywords

religious arts country French France religion metal book box museum silver medieval Christianity holy boxes location Catholic Catholicism century Roman Catholic literature artefact artifact casket 19th century B W Middle Ages Roman Catholicism Victoria and Albert Museum Eucharist nineteenth century reliquary 15th century The Print Collector fifteenth century monstrance Museum of Ornamental Art South Kensington Museum etching engraving Victoria & Albert Museum V&A chasse V&A Museum Sampson Low The South Kensington Museum Marston S Thomas Thomas S S. Thomas Thomas S.