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Pyx
(Medieval Europe )
This pyx (box) preserved any consecrated wafers left over from the Mass for use on the following day, or to be taken to the sick or dying. Limoges craftsmen often fashioned pyxes in the form of small towers or church steeples, in reference to the "body," or building, of the church preserving the Host, or "body" of Christ.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Frédéric Spitzer, Paris, by purchase; Sale, Paul Chevallier and Charles Mannheim, Paris, April 17, 1893, no. 269; Charles Borradaile, Brighton, England, by purchase; George Robinson Harding, London, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, [date of acquisition unknown] by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Exhibitions
| 1962 | The Arts of Man. Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas. |
Conservation
| Date | Description | Narrative |
|---|---|---|
| 5/29/1961 | Treatment | repaired |
| 6/24/1999 | Treatment | cleaned; coated; loss compensation; other |
Geographies
France, Limoges (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 4 7/16 x W: 2 11/16 x D: 3 3/8 in. (11.3 x 6.9 x 8.6 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters
Location in Museum
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
44.252