Rectangular frame of carved ebony wood decorated with fine moldings on the edges of it. It has a metal piece on the top to place it on the wall and, in the central part of it, a series of spaces reserved for different relics. These present several shapes (oval in the middle of the sides, circular in the corners and in the center of the minor and rhomboidal, interspersed) and frames with circular and lobed shapes to the outside of a band of reeds, with a movement of lines habitual in baroque art. The relics are identified with small written texts. Among those that can be clearly identified, we have relics of the Theban Legion (legion of the Roman army of the East from Thebes whose officers had converted to Christianity and who were massacred for refusing to carry out orders that contravened their religion, considered martyrs) , Saint Julian...
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17th Century European Baroque Antique Ebony Picture Frames