Saturday, November 10, 2012

Medieval Word of the Day


Relics: objects venerated as sacred from their association with a saint or martyr.

Reliquary: a container where relics are stored.

Many reliquaries were elaborately decorated. Here's one example of an early medieval reliquary dated from the 7th Century:



You can see another example that I shared with you in a previous postWhat Am I Writing Now?

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