MAKE A MEME View Large Image Italian - Dormition and Assumption of the Virgin - Walters 454.jpg A pax peace in Latin is a tablet with an image that was held up by the priest to be kissed by the laity before Communion Depicted here is the Dormition the final sleep of ...
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Keywords: Italian - Dormition and Assumption of the Virgin - Walters 454.jpg A pax peace in Latin is a tablet with an image that was held up by the priest to be kissed by the laity before Communion Depicted here is the Dormition the final sleep of the Virgin ; Christ holds his mother's soul in the form of an infant Above Mary is assumed taken up into heaven and greeted by God the Father The coats of arms of the Neroni and Pandolfini families suggest that this pax was given to a Florentine church in celebration of a marriage between them The black lines are created in the silver surface by using niello a black powder made from metallic sulfur compounds It was spread over incisions in the silver and when heated became solid The niello was then made level with the metal surface by polishing Liturgical items as well as reliquaries were among the treasures accumulated over time by many aristocratic Catholic families ca 1440 1500 Renaissance silver niello gilded copper and enamel cm 28 6 14 6 accession number 45 4 10362 London Henry Walters Baltimore 1912 mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1912 place of origin Florence Italy Walters Art Museum license Renaissance applied arts in the Walters Art Museum Italian art in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Coats of arms of the House of Pandolfini Coats of arms of the House of Neroni Pax tablets
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