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Gold at The Queen's Gallery, Palace of Holyroodhouse
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Clare reliquary

early fifteenth century

RCIN 69738

This cross contains a cavity which once housed fragments of wood believed to derive from the True Cross on which Christ was crucified. It may have belonged to Cecily, Duchess of York, mother of Edward IV and Richard III, as it was discovered near her Suffolk residence, Clare Castle. Here gold has been used to honour the sacred relic within.

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