11 June 2007
A reliquary or monstrance in Sint-Pieterskerk of Leuven, Belgium
A reliquary is a display case for a piece of a dead saint. A monstrance is a display case to hold a consecrated host - that is, bread that has become the body of Christ.
The rise in popularity of relics happened around the same time as monstrances caught on and their similarity is not coincidental. (There's a story of a bishop who are the toe of a saint, but I'll spare you.)

Date		6/11/2007 3:41:18 PM
Camera model		DSC-U30
Shutter speed		1/20
Aperture		f/2.8
Maximum aperture		f/2.8
Exposure bias		0.00
Exposure		Normal program
Focal length		5mm
Light source		Unknown
Flash		Off
Metering		CenterWeightedAverage
ISO sensitivity		100

 

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