English: Three angels elevate the hollow glass cylinder of this reliquary, a type of dramatic "display" reliquary that became popular in the late Middle Ages. Inside is the relic of an unknown saint, a small fragment of a bone, possibly from a finger, wrapped in a piece of cloth.
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== {{int:filedesc}} == {{Walters Art Museum artwork |artist = French |title = ''Reliquary for a Finger Bone'' |description = {{en|Three angels elevate the hollow glass cylinder of this reliquary, a type of dramatic "display" ...