Reliquary

A Reliquary is a container for the transport, security, or display of religious relics (typically the remains of a saint).

 D40 Reliquary Table

1.      Open Palm Arm Reliquary

2.      Blessed Gesture Arm Reliquary

3.      Closed Hand Arm Reliquary

4.      Goblet Grasping Arm Reliquary

5.      Candle Holding Arm Reliquary

6.      Sword Bearing Arm Reliquary

7.      Crystal Focus Monstrance

8.      Glass Focus Monstrance

9.      Suspending Monstrance

10.   Reliquary Ring

11.   Reliquary Amulet

12.   Over-sized Reliquary Ring

13.   Over-sized Reliquary Ring

14.   Reliquary Crown

15.   Reliquary Censer

16.   Rod-Mounted Reliquary Censer

17.   Chain-Hung Reliquary Censer

18.   Embedded Reliquary Icon

19.   Simple Reliquary Box

20.   Elaborate Reliquary Box

21.   Standing Reliquary Box

22.   Grande Chasse

23.   Double Handled Grand Chasse

24.   Quadruple Handle Grand Chasse

25.   Saint’s Bust atop Reliquary Box

26.   Saint’s Bust Embedded in Grand Chasse

27.   Saint’s Bust

28.   Saint’s Bust with Viewing Panel

29.   Delicate Philatory

30.   Simple Philatory

31.   Elaborate Philatory

32.   Grand Philatory

33.   Grand Philatory in Case

34.   Simple Embedded Icon

35.   Framed Embedded Icon

36.   Embedded Iconic Tome

37.   Tri-Panel Embedded Icon

38.   Grand Chasse with Embedded Icon

39.   Small Reliquary Coffin

40.   Elaborate Reliquary Coffin

A brief and incomplete glossary of reliquaries:

Saintly Coffer/Box: A decorative box often lined that secure the relic.

Philatory: A reliquary designed to display a saint finger or bones with a viewing portal, sometimes the relic is surrounded in glass allowing the faithful to view the relic from all sides.

Saint’s Bust: a saint’s skull or fragment of it can be found encased within a bust or contained inside the head of the bust.

Grand Chasse: a large and elaborate decorative container with one or more viewing points the grand chasse is often large enough it requires 2 or more bearers to carry it.

Embedded Icon: An iconic portrait or scene with the relic visibly embedded in the icon. Sometimes encased in a book-like box, or framed as part of a bi-panel or tri-panel display.

Arm Reliquary: similar to the saint’s bust, this reliquary contains a hand, finger, or arm bone. The hand may be held open, as  a fist, or bearing arms as appropriate to the saint and faith.

Monstrance: temple device that masy sometimes have a relic held for display in the monstrance.

Reliquary Charm: a piece of jewelry contains the relic, often a bit of bone, in a large ring or amulet.

This post was inspired by a post on Relics at Elfmaids& Octopi, the link would be a great place to whip up some relics to put in those reliquaries.