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POPULAR ART - Relic chest or weapons chest in softwood with a single-curved gabled lid and cladding of reinforcing irons ending in fleurs-de-lis. H. 61 x 107 x 52 cm Note: These chests are at the heart of a controversy as to their function, and are referred to in the texts as either "cassa martirum" or "arca ad modum cassie", which for the latter could now be translated as "chest in the form of a shrine".
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POPULAR ART - Relic chest or weapons chest in softwood with a single-curved gabled lid and cladding of reinforcing irons ending in fleurs-de-lis. H. 61 x 107 x 52 cm Note: These chests are at the heart of a controversy as to their function, and are referred to in the texts as either "cassa martirum" or "arca ad modum cassie", which for the latter could now be translated as "chest in the form of a shrine".