French goldsmith, Reliquary of San Giusto
- Author
- French goldsmiths
- Date
- 1290-1295
- Collocation
- Cappella delle reliquie
- Original location
- Monastery of San Giovannino della Calza (Florence)
- Material
- Silver, niello, gold, enamels, precious and semi-precious stones
- Technique
- Embossing, chiselling, engraving, gilding, enamelling, carving
- Dimensions
- Height: 44,5 cm; Width: 13,5 cm; Depth: 9 cm;
Arm-reliquary with a blessing hand, in silver adorned with precious and semi-precious stones, including two antique cameos. A commemorative inscription in Gothic characters runs around the wrist. The reliquary was donated in 1295, thanks to the intervention of Bernardino degli Aldobrandeschi, by the abbot prior of the monastery of St. Justus in Lyon, to the Jesuit monks of the Florentine monastery of San Giovanni in Porta Romana. In 1680, Cardinal Nerli donated the reliquary to the Cathedral.