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Reliquary with the Immaculate
Title: Reliquary with the Immaculate
Author: samostansko delo
Dating: 17thcentury
Provenance: Škofja loka
Ident. no.: reg. no. ŠLU 1047
Materials: wood, wax, fabric, pasteboard, silvered thread, thread, pearls, glass, decorative coloured glass gemstones
Measurements: 89 cm (height) 70cm (width)
On display: Permanent exhibition Life behind Monastic Walls
© Slovene Museum of Christianity

Reliquary with the image of Immaculate Mary on the central wax medallion with inscription: CORO. AVREA. SUP. CAPUT. EIVS. EXPRESSA. SIGNO. SANCTITIS. The wooden rectangular rectangular box contains 14 relics of martyrs that are wrapped in a white canvas and have inscription tapes. The relic was once part of the main altar of the Ursuline church in Škofja Loka.