A #reliquary containing the skull of #VitalisOfAssisi, an Italian hermit and monk from the 14th century.

Vitalis of Assisi is historically considered a patron saint against diseases affecting the genitals.
#death #MementoMori

In Bristol was a ring with part of the #pullar where #Christ was scourged #reliquary

IVORY PYX WITH DIONYSIAC SCENE, C4 CE (?). VATICAN MUSEUMS This worn and fragmented elephant ivory circular container was originally made as a cosmetics box, probably from the workshops of Alexandria which were the best in the empire. Here we see a beautiful relief scene of a Dionysiac procession of children in a woodland dance, a sort of innocent parody of an actual Bacchic nighttime party. A child in a beautifully-carved tunic at centre brandishes a tambourine as he dances in a group moving to the right. Behind him is a tree, a cantharos on the ground, and another ground of children heading around the pyx in the other direction. This container was considered splendid enough in the Middle Ages to contain one of the important relics in the heavily fortified chapel of the Sancta Sanctorum, the Holy of Holies, which was the private chapel of the medieval popes at the Lateran.

A real banger for #ReliefWednesday from the #VaticanMuseums: a C4 CE #ivory #pyx from #Egypt, with a #Dionysiac #relief on it, reused as a #reliquary in the Middle Ages in the huge locked altar of the #SanctaSanctorum at the #Lateran, the private chapel of the medieval popes. #AncientBluesky 🏺

Eternal DirgeLight Reliquary — Emberwynter | Dark High Fantasy Fine Jewelry This sculptural pendant vial opens to reveal a petite inner chamber. The stopper is sealed with a chemicaly resistant o-ring, thus it is suitible for a variety of contents. Easy to open and close than...

Keep it secret; Keep it safe... #vial #reliquary #pendant #jewelry

A Kota Obamba reliquary figure is designed to guard the relics (bones) of important ancestors, acting as a spiritual link between the living and the dead in the bwete cult, featuring abstracted heads with prominent coiffures and diamond-shaped bodies inserted into relic baskets. These figures, made from wood with hammered brass/copper, symbolize wealth, lineage, and ancestral protection, playing a key role in clan rituals.

Kota Obamba reliquary figure
Gabon
Wood, metal

#kota #obamba #gabon #africa #africanart #reliquary #ancestors #bwete #belief #religion #ritual #tribal #tribalart #africantribalart #sculpture #icon #iconography #handmade #art

#aiimages #iconoplasm #AIArt #AIArtist #AIArtwork #GenArt #DigitalArt #AIArtGallery #AIGeneratedArt #AIArtCommunity #monster #horrorart #fantasyai #synthart #lovecraft #tentacles #skull #reliquary #destruction #ruin

The Mad King Sent His Reliquaries Up and Down the Land

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As the final hour nears, the coven awakens. A colorful wish for those who have passed to be witnessed once more 🎃

#3dart #characterart #halloween #coven #reliquary

#Gobtober 19 - prompts "Thief" and "Lich." I was definitely feeling a bit worn out, so I chose to make the "scene" extremely simple. Both prompts are from lists by @oddartworks.

#goblin #thief #lich #reliquary #dnd #fantasydrawing #drawing #fantasyart #silly #ttrpgs

The third sentinel—the one grizzled by time and hardship and yet—stubbornly—refuses to go 🎃

#zbrush #3dsculpt #characterart #spookyseason #offering #reliquary

For #ScreenshotSaturday, an echo from a prototype we called 'Emotionscape.' An exploration of the internal architecture of trauma.

#gamedev #indiedev #prototype #liminal #reliquary

'His skin holds galaxies. His breath snuffs stars.'
A WIP of Noctis, a god from my personal project.

#WIP #ZBrush #characterart #reliquary #sculptedmyth

#quotes #books #booksky #excerpts #citations #howtotravelwithasalmon #eco #umbertoeco #change #machine #newspaper #reliquary #saint

Swordtember Day 11: Reliquary 💀✨🌟🗡️

#swordtember #reliquary #sword #art #procreate

Six of Swords for #swordtember using the prompt #reliquary, which is something that holds or displays sacred objects like the bones or clothes of saints

#sword #art #tarot

WIP sculpt of my OC, Hedera. A study in expression and anatomy.

#WIP #ZBrush #characterart #3Dsculpt #drow #reliquary

Sword (stuck) in the Reliquary
Swordtember 11
switching to isometric
#Reliquary #PixelArt #ドット絵 #swordtember #swordtember2025

I skipped a few prompts but decided to draw only the swords that truly inspire me.
Today - Reliquary: a reliquary blade, carrying someone's faith within its glow✨🌹🗡️
#Swordtember #Reliquary #SwordDesign #FantasyArt
#DigitalArt #Swordtember2025

From the forge's archives: a Codex entry for the blade known as Nightfall.

"It sings when blood is spilled. And it remembers each name."

#ScreenshotSaturday #gamedev #3dart #reliquary #worldbuilding

Swordtember day 11: Reliquary

Need to draw someone beefy holding this thing

#swordtember #relic #reliquary #sword #saint #holy #weapon #paladin #smite #blackandwhiteart #mementomori #greatsword #medieval #censer

#swordtember2025 #swordtember #reliquary #athame #pagan #witch #witchart #witchstuff #paganart #hekate #strophalos

Day 11: #Reliquary

#swordtember #swordtember2025 #pixelart

since i took yesterday off for my bdy heres yesterdays and todays swordtember prompt ^^

day: 11/ reliquary and day: 12/ concealed
#swordtember #swordtember2025 #sword #digitalart #fantasy #fantasyart #holy #reliquary #fairy #concealed

FORGING AHEAD IN #Swordtember2025

DAY 11 - RELIQUARY

Sanctum Honedge
"The results of a Honedge merging with a mysterious golden metal. Unless ordered by someone of a higher rank, their movements are minimal – not a single blink."

#Swordtember #Reliquary #traditionalart #Fakemon

Reliquaries as a concept are so wild actually #swordtember2025 #reliquary #quilldz

11. Reliquary
#art #digitalart #sword #swordtember #swordtember2025 #reliquary

A large tuning fork like blade with a oval shaped glass case containing a gold hand holding a still beating heart. The handle and pommel after very Templar sword inspired and the bottom is an incense burner like you'd see used in a Catholic church and incense smoke snakes up the handle and between the tuning fork blades.

Swordtember Day 11: Reliquary

Probably the one I'm most proud of between the incense burner bottom and still beating heart in the glass chamber.

#swordtember #swordtember2025 #reliquary #saint #crosses #tuningfork #sword #weapon

A photograph showing a drawing of a sword with a hand-shaped hilt and a visible bone in the forearm, with wings and rays in the background

Reliquary

#swordtember #swordtember2025 #reliquary #ink

⚔️ Swordtember Day 11 : Reliquary
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#swordtember #swordtember2025 #art #illustration #sketch #graphite #pencil #gelpen #traditionalartwork #tonedpaper #characterdesign #sword #swords #fantasy #horrorart #theboneforest #reliquary #relic #skull #skeleton #gothic #rosary @faithschaffer.bsky.social