EditorialReliquary Monstrance with a Tooth of Saint John the Baptist. Weddeghe Velstede (German, active 1432-73); container: Egyptian. Date: 1433. Dimensions: 45.1 cm (17 3/4 in.). Silver gilt and rock crystal. Origin: Germany.
EditorialGiovanni Battista Foggini (Italian, 1652 - 1725), A Monstrance with Two Angels Supporting a Chalice, black chalk and pen and brown ink, partially squared in black chalk, on laid paper.
EditorialFantastically decorated monstrance or ostensorium with crouching men (A,B), Saint Afra and Sain Benno (C,D) and angels with coat of arms (E,F) from a cabinet of curiosities in Sigmaringen, 15th century. Chromolithograph from Hefner-Alteneck's "Costumes...