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136. Silver reliquanj. — Oval containmg relics of Marj^, St. Joseph, 

 St. John of the Cross (1542-1591), and St. Theresa, framed by a floral 

 design in filigree work, studded with colored stones. With the epis- 

 copal seal. Height, 3 inches; width, 2}{ inches. Italy. (Cat. No. 

 179037, U.S.N.M.) 



137. Silver reliquary. — With miniature painting of Mary. Spanish 

 workmanship. Brought to New Mexico in 1783 by Padre Sanchez. 

 Diameters, 4 and 3 inches. Pueblo of Tesuque, New Mexico. (Cat. 

 No. 176080, U.S.N.M.) 



138. Silver reliquary. — With miniature paintings. Height, 2)^ 

 inches; width, 2 inches. Madrid, Spain. (Cat. No. 178864, 

 U.S.N.M.) 



139. Reliquary. — Sealed medallion, set in a wreath of metal foil, 

 inclosed in a pear-shaped wooden box. Containing a piece of bone of 

 St. Joseph of Leonissa (Umbria, Italy), who lived 1556-1612. Italy. 

 (Cat. No. 311835, U.S.N.M.) Bequest of Miss Elizabeth S. Stevens. 



140. Sacred heart. — Model of a burning heart, made of brass. The 

 adoration of and devotion to the sacred heart of Jesus, as a noble part 

 of his person and a symbol of his love, became general and popu- 

 lar in the Catholic Church through Margaret Marie Alacoque, a 

 French nun of the Visitation Order, who lived in the seventeenth 

 century. Since 1856 a yearly feast in honor of the sacred heart is 

 celebrated on Friday after the feast of Corpus Chris ti. Height, 2^ 

 inches. Italy. (Cat. No. 179063, U.S.N.M.) 



141. Sacred heart. — Made of pale green silk, triangular and scal- 

 lopped, embroidered with variegated silk. With eyes for buttons. 

 7 inches by 6 inches. Washington, D. C. (Cat. No. 311436, 

 U.S.N.M.) Presented by the executors from the estate of Mrs. 

 Mary E. Pinchot. 



142. Three silver perfume boxes. — Made in form of the Sacred Heart, 

 surmounted by crown and cross. Height, 3 inches. Italy. (Cat. 

 No. 31 1860-31 1862, U.S.N.M.) Bequest of Miss Elizabeth S.Stevens. 



The cult of images is practiced both in the Roman Catholic and in 

 the Eastern Church. In the Roman Catholic Church both pictures 

 and statues are used, while the Eastern Church forbids statues. The 

 doctrine of the Roman Catholic Church concerning the veneration of 

 images, as formulated by the Council of Trent (1563), is that the 

 images of Christ, of the Virgin Mother of God, and of the saints are to 

 be had and retained particularly in temples, and that honor and ven- 

 eration are to be given them; not that any divinity or virtue is be- 

 lieved to be in them on account of which they are to be worshiped, or 

 anything is to be asked of them, but because the honor which is shown 

 to them is referred to the prototypes which those images represent; in 



