Ambazac reliquary

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The reliquary of Ambazac , which in the Catholic parish church of Saint-Antoine in Ambazac , a commune in the Haute-Vienne in the French region Nouvelle-Aquitaine is kept, is a significant gold work from the late 12th century. In 1891 the shrine was added to the list of listed objects ( Base Palissy ) in France as Monument historique .

history

The shrine originally comes from the Grandmont Abbey, a few kilometers from Ambazac, which was established after the death of the founder of the order, St. Stephen of Muret , of the Grammontensians . The shrine was made in the Limousin between 1180 and 1200 , presumably for relics of the order's founder, who was canonized in 1189. The shrine was first mentioned in writing in 1472. The shrine is described in a text standing on the altar of the abbey church next to six other shrines. When the Order of the Grammontese was dissolved in 1772, the shrine was moved to the parish church of Ambazac. At that time, the shrine is said to have contained a shin bone and a dalmatic , both of which were ascribed to Stephan von Muret. According to the description of the shrine on the website of the Center de la Culture du Limousin Médiéval (Cultural Center of the Medieval Limousin), this bone is said to still be there today. According to Base Palissy , the French Ministry of Culture and Communications database that deals with movable cultural property in France, the shrine no longer contains relics today.

The dalmatic, which is dated to the second half of the 13th century, is also exhibited in a separate showcase in the church.

description

The 73.5 cm long, 63 cm high and 26 cm deep shrine is made of wood and clad with embossed and gilded copper plates. It is partly decorated with enameled pit enamel and covered with filigree work and chasings . The lower part of the shrine rests on four feet, the upper part is set back and is reminiscent of a church covered by a gable roof. The long sides have small stems that simulate round-arched twin openings and tympana . The roof ridge is crowned by an artfully perforated lattice with two knobs on the side. Perhaps the bird in the middle is supposed to symbolize the Holy Spirit . All sides of the shrine are with cabochons of rock crystal , pearls and other precious stones occupied that have been largely replaced in the 19th century.

literature

  • Limousin . Hachette, Guides Bleus, Paris 1997, ISBN 2-01-242306-X , p. 140.
  • Erich Grau, Margit Kilian: The Limousin . DuMont Buchverlag, Cologne 1992, ISBN 3-7701-2732-3 , pp. 279-280.

Web links

Commons : Reliquary of Ambazac  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Châsse dite de saint Etienne de Muret in the Base Palissy of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
  2. ↑ Châsse d'Ambazac Center de la Culture du Limousin Médiéval (French text)
  3. ↑ Châsse dite de saint Etienne de Muret in the Base Palissy of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
  4. ↑ Dalmatique ou dalmaticelle dite de saint Etienne de Muret in the Base Palissy of the French Ministry of Culture (French)