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Title: Reliquary Procession with St. Helena
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Description: A relic "adventus" ceremony in which two men on a chariot carry a reliquary box toward a church that four workmen are still in the process of finishing. The chariot is preceded by four candle-bearers, the first of which is an emperor. The Empress Helena stands at the church entrance. She wears imperial garb and cradles the True Cross in her left arm. The figure of God the Father or Christ with a cruciform nimbus appears in the upper left corner.
Source: WikiMedia Commons
Rights: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/ , e.g. “Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported” Attribution: Chris 73
Subject (See Also): Crosses and Crucifixes Helena, Saint Ivories Processions Reliquaries
Geographic Area: Eastern Mediterranean
Century: 5
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Current Location: Germany, Trier, Domschatz
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Artistic Type (Category): Digital images; Sculptures
Artistic Type (Material/Technique): Plaques; Ivory
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Height/Width/Length(cm): 13cm/26cm/
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Related Resources: Holum, Kenneth G., and Gary Vikan, "The Trier Ivory, "Adventus" Ceremonial, and the Relics of St. Stephen," Dumbarton Oaks Papers 33 (1979): 115-133.