Agnus Dei Reliquary

Spanish

Ulster Museum

16th Century

Agnus Dei reliquary which contained pellets of wax from a Paschal candle, mixed with holy oil, as a luck charm. Some of the pellets were still in it when it was found on the sea bed. Part of the finds from the Girona wreck. Purchased after a public appeal by the museum.

• Dimensions: 3.9 x 3 x 2cm
• ArtFunded in: 1972
• Vendor: R Stenuit

Provenance

After the defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588, galleas Girona was wrecked off the North Antrim coast; 1967-9, treasure recovered by Stenuit, Belgian underwater archaeologist.

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