French goldsmith, Reliquary of San Giusto

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Author
French goldsmiths
Date
1290-1295
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;
Scientific catalog (only in italian)
Reliquiario del braccio di San Giusto

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 the year 1295 thanks to Bernarduccio Aldobrandeschi by the abbot prior of the monastery of San Giusto in Lyon to the Jesuati friars of the Florentine convent of San Giusto, who then moved to San Giovanni a Porta Romana. In 1680 it was donated by Cardinal Nerli, archbishop of Florence to the Cathedral.

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