Explore the abstract of this artwork, Reliquary Cross with Relics of Saint George.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art holds in its collection an Armenian reliquary cross dating to the 18th century. Crafted from a variety of valuable materiel, the cross was made for the Monastery of St. George at Lim in Western Armenia. The piece is inscribed with a warning, reading  "Whoever dares to give it [the relic] as a pledge or take it away from Saint George, let them incur his vengeance."
Armenian Western Armenia Metropolitan Museum of Art Monastery of St. George at Lim