File:One of three reliquary busts of female companions to the virgin martyr Saint Ursula South Netherlandish Brabant possibly Brussels 1520-1530 CE Oak with paint and gilding (16038597462).jpg
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Bust reliquaries like this one were created to contain the skull of a saint and were placed on or near church altars in the Middle Ages. The small glazed medalliion on this bust once displayed an additional relic. "Christian belief in the power of relics, the physical remains of a holy site or holy person, or objects with which they had contact, is as old as the faith itself and developed alongside it. Relics were more than mementos. The New Testament refers to the healing power of objects that were touched by Christ or his apostles. The body of the saint provided a spiritual link between life and death, between man and God: "Because of the grace remaining in the martyr, they were an inestimable treasure for the holy congregation of the faithful." Fueled by the Christian belief in the afterlife and resurrection, in the power of the soul, and in the role of saints as advocates for humankind in heaven, the veneration of relics in the Middle Ages came to rival the sacraments in the daily life of the medieval church. Indeed, from the time of Charlemagne, it was obligatory that every altar contain a relic." - Metropolitan Museum of Art Photographed at <a href="https://www.metmuseum.org/visit/visit-the-cloisters" rel="nofollow">The Cloisters</a>, a subsidiary venue of <a href="https://www.metmuseum.org/" rel="nofollow">The Metropolitan Museum of Art</a> in New York, NY. |
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| Source | One of three reliquary busts of female companions to the virgin martyr Saint Ursula South Netherlandish Brabant possibly Brussels 1520-1530 CE Oak with paint and gilding |
| Author | Mary Harrsch from Springfield, Oregon, USA |
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