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The Pepin Reliquary at Conques |
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| pictured:
Pepins reliquary, so called for reasons now forgotten, is adorned
with precious stones and filigree work surrounding a figure of
the crucified Christ between John and the Virgin Mary. The
chest was made circa 1000, presumably to contain the foreskin of
Christ. The items stored in a specially constructed wing of
the abbey cloister constitute the finest collection of
Carolingian art in France. In 1812, it contained according to authentic manuscripts in chronological order with the following writings: Merovingian writing: s. Marie, s. Pierre, s. Paul, s. André, s. Georges, s. Jean l'évangéliste, s. Épolite, two other saints (illegible); Carolingian writing of the ninth and tenth centuries: rélique de la circoncision et de l'ombilic de Jésus-Christ; de s. Marie, s. Martin, s. Sost, s. Uplit, s. Pierre, s. Martin, s. Jean-Baptiste, s. Quirice et s. Julithe sa Mère, s. Martin, s. Just. |
| photo details: photo copied from Horizon, Winter 1959 page 76. |
| most recent revision: 20 January 2003 |
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