Relicarios: The Forgotten Jewels of Latin America

by Martha J. Egan and Carol Eastes

Relicarios--finely crafted, bi-faced lockets of gold or silver--are artifacts of the Spanish Colonial era. These exquisite jewels containing devotional imagery protected by glass may include paintings on vellum, nacre, alabaster, copper, or ivory; prints; or miniature sculptures of boxwood, ivory, alabaster, or tagua. Although tons of relics were imported from Europe, particularly by Jesuits, in general only high-status individuals wore relicarios...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1934491748
• ISBN13: 9781934491744
• Release Date: September 2020
• Publisher: SF Design, LLC / Frescobooks
• Length: 276 Pages
• Weight: 3.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 10.9" x 12.0"