Religious Imagery Answers

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A reliquary is a decorative container designed to hold and display a relic associated with a saint or another sacred person. The Sandal reliquary of Saint Andrew preserves and honors a sandal believed to be connected with the apostle. Reliquaries are important to the Catholic Church because they help the faithful remember the lives and faith of the saints and encourage prayer and veneration. Catholics do not worship the relic itself; instead, they honor the saint and view the relic as a physical connection to sacred history.

This is a portrait of Saint James the Greater, painted by Jusepe de Ribera. The scallop shell on his robe is a symbol associated with the saint. The painting was originally intended for religious devotion, likely as part of a series of images of the apostles.

This is a photograph of a plaster death mask, or a cast made from the face of a deceased person. It was created by molding plaster over the person’s face shortly after death. The mask preserved the person’s likeness as a memorial and also provided artists with an accurate model for portraits or religious images.