This chapter examines the building and placement of a reliquary shrine that was installed in the abbey’s choir, near the high altar of the Trinity. Within the stone shrine was a wooden reliquary armoire that protected the abbey’s relics, the most important of which was the Holy Tear. The shrine was erected in the first half of the thirteenth century, and was permanently dismantled in 1803. Two early modern views of the shrine offer evidence of the shrine’s appearance. Early Modern texts describing the shrine aid in reconstructing the shrine’s appearance and the iconography of its sculpture program. Both must be supplemented with comparative analysis of existing shrines and sculptural programs. Here we present the visual and textual evidence in which our visualizations are based.
1media/Lazarus background page.jpgmedia/splashpage_holytearpanel_donation.jpg2022-12-27T05:39:15-08:00Emily Lindbloomca58a967bef751c10504766da4f55bd68bc0cd77Navigate Alongside the BookAnne Heath15image_header13399482024-07-02T18:49:58-07:00Anne Heath09732d720ba4faf961eef7443cd7fb56ebae6841
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1media/Splash Holy Tear.jpg2017-06-07T07:48:07-07:00Anne Heath09732d720ba4faf961eef7443cd7fb56ebae6841The Reliquary Shrine of the Holy Tear49Enshrinement; Boudan and Mabillon Drawingsplain2023-02-22T18:30:06-08:00Anne Heath09732d720ba4faf961eef7443cd7fb56ebae6841
1media/Figure 15 copy_thumb.jpg2021-10-06T11:38:52-07:00Shrine reconstruction1Emily Lindbloom - drawing of reconstruction of the Holy Tear shrinemedia/Figure 15 copy.jpgplain2021-10-06T11:38:53-07:0020190820101910Copyright 2019. All rights reserved.20190820101910
