Félibien's Engraving of Entire Reliquary |
Sole Extant Fragment |
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Adapted from Félibien, Plate II, Item A |
Adapted from Babelon(1887), pl XLIX |
Bust of gold vermeil in which is enclosed the head of Saint Hilaire, bishop of Poitiers, father and doctor of the Church. The mitre is entirely covered with pearls and gems, as is the orfroy that is around the neck of the figure. Most of all, one should notice a brooch, on which is represented Caesar Augustus. Also in this reliquary is a bone from the same Saint Hilaire, which can be seem in in a crystal across the front. This reliquary was made by the religious people of Saint-Denis after the troubles over the League. (ca 1606)
Félibien, pages 538. Translated by Jane Vadnal.
Cameo
Other
head reliquaries in the Treasure of Saint Denis.
The life of Saint Hilaire.
Félibien, pages 430, 538.
Mostesquiou-Fezensac, I and II, no. 328.;III, 6-7,34-6,102.
For only the Cameo of Augustus:
Babelon, (1887), p. 180, pl. XLIX.
Conway, (1915), 133. Click here to see text.
Louvre, no. 61, pp 282-3.
Mostesquiou-Fezensac, I and II, no. 328;III, p 102-3, pl. 91.
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