Pyx, ca. 1250–1300, Made in Limoges, France, French, Copper: engraved and gilt, champlevé enamel: medium blue, red, and white

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Pyx, ca. 1250–1300, Made in Limoges, France, French, Copper: engraved and gilt, champlevé enamel: medium blue, red, and white, Overall: 4 x 3 1/4 x 2 11/16 in. ( x x cm), Enamels-Champlevé, The coats of arms on this pyx are fictive—they are used simply as a decorative element. They may seem a curious choice for an object meant to hold the bread consecrated as Christ’s body during the mass, but the lines between the religious and worldly realms of the Middle Ages were often blurred

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Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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