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"title": "Double-Arm Reliquary Cross",
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"inscription": "inscribed on center front: ECE: LIGNUM: VIVI: CRUCIS: FICE; at base: SUDARIUM DEI; at each end of main arm: ARUNDO DEI SPONGIA DEI. (Behold the Glorius Wood of the Living Cross: Sudarium of the Lord: Staff of the Lord: Sponge of the Lord).",
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"title": "The Year in Review for 1983",
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"title": "Treasures of Heaven: Saints, Relics, and Devotion in Medieval Europe",
"description": "Treasures of Heaven: Saints, Relics, and Devotion in Medieval Europe. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 17, 2010-January 17, 2011); The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, MD (February 13-May 15, 2011); The British Museum, London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (June 23-October 9, 2011).",
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"title": "Every People Under Heaven: Jerusalem, 1000\u20131400",
"description": "Every People Under Heaven: Jerusalem, 1000\u20131400. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY (organizer) (September 19, 2016-January 8, 2017).",
"opening_date": "2016-09-19T00:00:00"
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"description": "CMA, October 17, 2010 - January 17, 2011, Walters Art Museum February 13 - May 15, 2011, British Museum June 23 - October 9, 2011: \"Treasures of Heaven: Saints, Relics and Devotion in Medieval Europe,\" cat. no. 47.",
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"description": "The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC (9/19/2016 \u2013 1/8/2017): \"Every People Under Heaven: Jerusalem, 1000\u20131400\" cat. no. 25c, p. 58.",
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"description": "Jacob Hirsch, Lucerne; Thomas J. Flannery, Chicago; (Sotheby's, London, 1 December 1983, lot 12).",
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"description": "This elegant double-arm cross once contained fragments of four of the most important relics of Christ\u2019s Passion, namely a portion of the True Cross, a piece of Christ\u2019s sudarium (sweat cloth), and fragments of the reed staff and sponge used by Christ\u2019s tormentors to mock him and give him vinegar for his thirst during the Crucifixion. The identity of these relics and their placement in the cross are indicated by open cavities on the reliquary\u2019s front and accompanying Latin inscriptions on its back.",
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"citation": "Boehm, Barbara Drake and Melanie Holcomb. , et al. Jerusalem, 1000-1400: Every People Under Heaven. NY: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2016.",
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