The Hair of Our Lady is the rarest and the most desirable of all holy relics and the only first-class relic we have of the Most Holy Mother of God. Since the Blessed Virgin Mary was assumed into Heaven with body and soul, no physical relics of Her exist. The sole exception is that of Her hair, which had been preserved and venerated since antiquity in the Holy House of Nazareth. The Holy relic was initially kept by the Patriarchs of Jerusalem until the fifth century, when it was ordered by the Byzantine Empress Pulcheria for the Holy relics of the Virgin's Veil and Hair to be translated to Constantinople.
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Profusely decorated 19th-century Neapolitan glass-fronted gilt wood shadow-frame reliquary housing an older 18th century silver theca containing an extremely rare Hair relic of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The precious relic is affixed to a ground of red silk decorated with gilt paperolle and silver wire ornamentation and identified in Latin on a manuscript cedula label as Ex Capillis B.V.M. (Of the Hair of the Blessed Virgin Mary). On the back, the reliquary is secured by a wide horizontal silk cord held in place by two seals of red Spanish wax with an imprint of a coat of arms of Monsignor Giovanni Lercari (†1802), Archbishop of Genova (1767–1802).
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- ID#: 77-RSSR-18
- Size: Frame: 9 x 11 inches (22.5 x 27.5 cm)
- Age: ca. 1800
- Origin: Genoa, Italy
- Materials: Wood, glass, paper, silk, silver, Spanish wax
- Price: Price upon request
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Level 60 Trading Co,, LLC
1089 Commonwealth Ave #314,
Boston, MA 02215, USA
Tel: (+1) 786-206-9894
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