Large fancy glass-fronted frame of laquered wood housing a Roman Catholic Calendar reliquary with relics of the True Cross, the Holy Family, and other 300 Christian Saints & Martyrs.
Large icon depicting the New Testament Trinity of Jesus Christ, God the Father, and the Holy Spirit above. Jesus is pictured on the left seated with a closed book of the Gospels, God the Father as the venerable old white-bearded man on the right, between them the traditional Russian eight-pointed cross. Above them the Holy Spirit appears as a dove in divine light.
Rectangular glass-fronted reliquary housing very large and important second-class ex arca sepulcrali (of the burial coffin) pre-canonization relics of Saint Benedict Joseph Labre, T.O.S.F. The relics are contained inside of the reliquary box and identified in Latin on a manuscript cedula label as "ex arca sepulcrali B. Benedictii Josephi Labre Conf." (from the burial coffin of the Blessed Benedict Joseph Labre, Confessor). The reliquary is secured by multiple seals of red Spanish wax bearing an imprint of a coat of arms of Monsignor Costantino Patrizi Naro (†1876), Dean of the College of Cardinals and the Vicar General of the Roman Curia.
The icon is depicting Christ's Descent Into Hades and Anastasis (Resurrection). Christ is shown in two scenes – above in the act of Resurrection and below in his descent into Hades, breaking down the doors of Hell, binding Satan and rescuing Adam and Eve. Behind them follow the kings, the prophets, and the righteous of the Old Testament, David and Solomon wearing the crowns, John the Baptist with the scroll in hand. Feast day: Easter Sunday.
Oval glass-fronted brass theca housing precious relics of 12 Apostles centered around the Column of Flagellation of Christ. The relics are affixed to a silk background decorated by the silver wire and gilt paperolle ornamentation and identified in Latin on manuscript cedulae labels as follows:
On the back, the theca is secured by a seal of red Spanish wax with an imprint of Monsignor Annibale Francesco Clemente Melchiorre Girolamo Nicola della Genga (†1829), the Cardinal Vicar-General of His Holiness for the Diocese of Rome (1820–1823) and the future Pope Leo XII (1823–1829). The reliquary is encased in an original removable brass glass-fronted kiss reliquary. It is accompanied by the original matching authentics document issued and signed in 1823 by Monsignor della Genga, the Cardinal Vicar-General of His Holiness for the Diocese of Rome. Suitable for private and public veneration.
The icon depicts Saint John the Forerunner in the iconography of "the Angel of the desert". Saint John the Forerunner depicted full-figured wearing a mantle over his ascetic penitential shirt of camel hair. He looks like an Angel with wavy hair and wings holding in his right hand a chalice with his own lifeless body and a scroll with the beginning of verse from Matthew 3:2 "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand." St. John is depicted as an "earthly Angel" and a "heavenly man" according to the hymnography of the Church for his feast. His red wings symbolize his Angelic pure manner of life. Scenes of John's severed head are depicted on the lower part of the icon.
Extremely rare ca. 1850 French glass-sided casket reliquary housing precious relics of Saint Martyrs: Ursula, Felicity of Rome, Fidelis of Sigmaringen, and French King Louis XVI. In the main compartment, relics of St. Felicity and St. Fidelis are centered around substantial double-relics of St. Ursula. Relics of French King Louis XVI are housed in a glass vile centered in the upper compartment. On the inside, the reliquary has a paper label with a manuscript text in French: "fait à Paris ce 30 Décembre d'annie 1816". (Done in Paris this December 30, 1816).
On the bottom panel, the reliquary is secured by two ribbons of red silk held by a perfectly preserved seal of red Spanish wax with a seal of Cardinal Jacques-Marie-Adrien-Césaire Mathieu (†1875), Archbishop of Besançon (1850-1875).
Large fancy glass-fronted heart-shaped silver theca with a 1768 hallmark housing relics of 19 saints centered around Ex Velo (of the Veil) relic of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Ex Pallio (of the Coat) relic Her husband St. Joseph.
Large crystal-fronted silver theca dating to the 18th-century and housing relics of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Evangelist, and the Holy Family, centered around a Passion Relic of the Purple Robe of Christ. The relics are affixed to a silk background decorated by the gilt paperolle ornamentation and identified on a manuscript cedulae labels:
On the back, the theca is secured by a seal of red Spanish wax with a faint imprint of a Roman Catholic Bishop. The reliquary comes with an antique cloth pouch with an embroidered image of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
Medium Russian Imperial porcelain Easter Egg with hand-painted image of Blessing Christ on the front and a traditional Russian Easter greeting "Christ is Risen!" on the back on the gold ground. Minor cosmetic scratches, otherwise very good original condition.
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