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Historical Archive: Prague Arm Reliquary

reliquary for the arm of Saint George
first quarter of fourteenth century, Prague
gilded silver and gems (most replaced with glass, 17th/18th c.)
height 56.4 cm (22.25 inches)
from the Benedictine Convent of St. George, Prague
Chapel of the True Cross at Prague Castle: Metropolitni Kapitula u Sv. Vita, HS 03343 (K19)


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full, palm side
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full, side with
back of hand
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back of hand
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arm
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arm: vambrance
(armor) with
simulated lacing,
and base
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arm and base,
oblique view
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base with Virgin
and Child, Christ
Enthroned
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base with Virgin
and Child
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base with Saint Ludmila
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base with Saint
George