Reliquary In The Shape Of An Arm

Reliquary in the Shape of an Arm

silver sheets on wood, cabochons, and glass

North French

made about 1200 - 1250

As reliquaries house fragments of saints' bodies, they sometimes reflect the shape of a limb. This blessing arm contains a relic of Saint Fiacre, as indicated by the partial Latin inscription. Famous for healing the sick, Fiacre, of Irish origin, died near Meaux, France, in the seventh century, and the city was the focus of his cult until the french Revolution. This lifesize reliquary made the idea of the saint's presence particularly vivid.

*on view @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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