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douglas preston and lincoln child novel, see reliquary (novel) . reliquary shrine , french, c – , the cloisters , new york a reliquary (also referred to as a shrine or by the french term châsse) is a container for relics . these may be the purported or actual physical remains of saints , such as bones
gold and silver cross-shaped reliquaries, decorated with enamels and precious stones. from about the end of the th century, reliquaries in the shape of the relics they housed also became popular; hence, for instance, the skull of pope alexander i was housed in a head-shaped reliquary. similarly, the bones...
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