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Pyx (lid)

c. 1300

Austria, probably Salzburg, 14th century

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Medium
silver and gilt silver
Measurements
Diameter: 4.8 x 7.8 cm (1 7/8 x 3 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the John B. Putnam Foundation 1970.125.b
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Location
109 Gothic Painting and Sculpture
Print

Description

A pyx is a container designed to hold the consecrated Eucharist wafers between masses. It was probably used by the clergy to administer communion to the sick and dying; its small size made it easily portable. The decoration relates to similar liturgical objects made in the ecclesiastical and artistic center of Salzburg for the cathedral treasury of that city.
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Pyx (lid)

c. 1300

Austria, probably Salzburg, 14th century

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