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sympathizers during the reformation , being melted down or pulled apart to recover precious metals and gems. nonetheless, the use and manufacture of reliquaries continues to this day, especially in roman catholic and orthodox christian countries. post-reformation reliquaries have tended to take the form of glass-sided
reliquaries holding relics of the buddha from a stupa in kanishka , peshawar , pakistan, now in mandalay , burma. teresa merrigan, during the later middle ages , the monstrance form, mostly used for consecrated hosts, was sometimes used for reliquaries. these housed the relic in a rock crystal or glass...
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