带有报喜图案的吊坠圣物箱 - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	带有报喜图案的吊坠圣物箱
品名（英）	Pendant reliquary with depiction of the Annunciation
入馆年号	1917年，17.190.872
策展部门	欧洲雕塑和装饰艺术（European Sculpture and Decorative Arts）
创作者
创作年份	公元 1600 - 公元 1699
创作地区
分类	金属制品黄金和铂金（Metalwork-Gold and Platinum）
尺寸	整体: 2 7/8 × 1 3/16 × 7/16 英寸 (7.3 × 3 × 1.1 厘米); 高 (without ring): 2 5/8 英寸 (6.7 厘米)
介绍（中）	从基督教时代早期开始，对遗物的崇拜就是天主教虔诚的一个组成部分。基督受难的遗物（导致被钉十字架的事件）以及与众多圣人和殉道者有关的遗物，受到西欧和拜占庭教会和虔诚人士的珍视。相信遗物神奇力量的人通过委托华丽的盒子围绕通常很小的碎片来推广一种华丽的艺术品形式。有时框架会呼应遗物的来源（手臂，脚，头部）。在其他情况下，遗物被保存在更传统形式的容器中。包含遗物的珠宝既是虔诚的姿态，也是个人财富的展示。这种虔诚的装饰品在十七世纪初的西班牙特别流行，那里的奢侈法律限制了大多数非宗教的个人装饰。金匠和珠宝商制作的许多最精美的作品是念珠、十字架和其他天主教标志，这使佩戴者能够逃避皇室的禁令。非凡的珠宝也被捐赠给教堂，用于装饰受人尊敬的虔诚图像。被宝石包围的微小珐琅金人代表跪在她的prie-dieu面前的圣母和天使报喜的天使，他的问候词"AVE MARIA GRATIA PLENA"（冰雹，玛丽，充满恩典），刻在下面的遗物盒上。
介绍（英）	The cult of relics was an integral part of Catholic devotion from early in the Christian era. Relics of the Passion of Christ (the events leading up to the Crucifixion), as well as those associated with numerous saints and martyrs, were prized by churches and pious individuals throughout western Europe and Byzantium. Believers in the miraculous power of relics promoted a sumptuous form of artwork by commissioning resplendent cases to surround the often miniscule fragments. Sometimes the framework would echo the source of the relic (an arm, a foot, a head). In other instances, relics were preserved in containers of more traditional form. Jewels containing relics served as gestures of piety as well as displays of personal wealth. Such devotional ornaments became especially popular in early-seventeenth-century Spain, where sumptuary laws restricted most nonreligious personal adornment. Many of the most elaborate works produced by goldsmiths and jewelers were rosaries, crucifixes, and other Catholic emblems, which enabled their wearers to evade royal prohibitions. Extraordinary jewels were also donated to churches for the embellishment of revered devotional images. The tiny enameled-gold figures surrounded by gems represent the Virgin, kneeling at her prie-dieu, and the angel of the Annunciation, with his words of greeting, "AVE MARIA GRATIA PLENA" (Hail, Mary, full of grace), inscribed on the relic case below.