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Crosier from Jerusalem
An enamelled crosier from Jerusalem, crafted in Limoges in the middle of the 13th century.
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First pope
The bronze statue of St. Peter from the Vatican Basilica in papal pontifical vestments.
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Relics of the Passion
Relics of the Passion kept in the Basilica of the Holy Cross in Jerusalem in Rome. In the top row: a fragment of the True…
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Ulm book-covers
Covers of a lectionary and evangeliary from the Ulm cathedral, silver and parcel gilt, decorated with a high relief, ca. 1506. On the lectionary (above) the central…
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Ciborium
Ciborium magnum over the high altar in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican.
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Mitre
The mitre of Thomas of Strzempin, bishop of Kraków, half of the 15th century, the Treasury of the Royal Wawel Cathedral.
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Mass kit
The mass kit from the first half of the 13th century including a chalice, a paten and a tube for consuming the Precious Blood (fistula). Everything is made of…
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Treasure of the Holy Sepulchre
A part of the exhibition Treasure of the Holy Sepulchre. Gifts from European royal courts to Jerusalem.
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Holy Blood
The reliquary containing a glass vial with a piece of cloth drenched in the Precious Blood of Christ, which according to the tradition was kept…
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Bar Iona
Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-Jona… Bar Iona, or the Son of the Dove. And on the formale, which is visible in the photo on the clasp…
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La Lechuga
The gold monstrance from the church of St. Ignatius in Bogota, made by José de Galaz at the beginning of the 18th century. Because of…
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Chalice of abp. Sheen
The chalice of Archbishop Fulton Sheen made of jasper by the famous goldsmith workshop of the Keibel family in St. Petersburg.
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Cathedral in Amiens
The Notre-Dame of Amiens Cathedral built in the years 1220 – 1270, the pearl of the French Gothic and, until the 19th century, the place…
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Monstrance from Lublin
The monstrance from the 2nd quarter of the 17th century from the treasury of the Dominican monastery in Lublin [photo by IKTP].
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Basilica of the Virgin Mary
The interior of the Archpresbyterial Church of Our Lady Assumed into Heaven in Cracow.
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Cover
The cover of the Book of the Gospels from the 17th century, Basilica of St. Nicholas, Bari [the source].
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Maria Christina’s gift
The silver chalice, gilded, decorated with medallions of glazed ceramic: on its foot with the scenes from the life of Christ and Mary; on the…
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Rosaceum
A rose pluviale, i.e. the cope from the Klosterneuburg Abbey of the Augustinian Canons. What a tassel!
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Holy Trinity Chapel
Holy Trinity Chapel in Lublin [photo by Jacenty Dędek].
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Imperial mitre
The precious mitre (praetiosa) presented to Pope Leo XIII by Kaiser Wilhelm I Hohenzollern [the source: The Saint Bede Studio Blog].
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Herma of St. Hedwig
Reliquary Bust of St. Hedwig of Silesia founded in 1512 r. by the collegiate chapter of the Holy Cross in Wrocław.