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Rectangular bronze scoop, with socket on back for a handle. On the sides are two dolphins with arching tails attached to the scoop by rods round in section. Rising from the tails of the dolphins is an arch framing a cross, forming the…

Although technically an incense burner, this container was used from at least 1283 to hold the relic of the Holy Blood, which had been sent to Venice from Constantinople. Although the later addition of the crosses to the domes give the reliquary the…

Texier was a French historian, architect, and archaeologist. He published numerous works following his travels throughout Asia Minor and the Middle East covering topics ranging from geography and geology, to art and architecture.