Crucifix Benitier Reliquary In Mother-of-pearl On Olive Wood

The crucifix is entirely inlaid with very finely chiseled white and colored mother-of-pearl. The central part of the cross is marked by a relic in red fabric crowned with the word “Sapolcro” and surrounded by a wreath of leaves with extremely fine veins. Angels adorn the four intersections of the cross; the ends of the branches are delimited by quarter circles reminiscent of apsidioles. Four medallions represent the four evangelists Marc Jean Luc Mathieu with their respective symbols which are the lion, the eagle, the bull and the angel. This superb cross is continued in the lower part by a font delimited in the lower part by a crescent moon symbol of the Immaculate Conception. It has seven holes on either side of a floral motif, a symbolic figure in the Bible. An inscription in blue "ASPERGES ME HYSSOYDABOR" as well as sculpted plant motifs and a Greek cross adorn this stoup. Above the stoup on a squared background the crown of Christ the nails and three dice recall the instruments of the passion as well as the relic in red fabric evoking the garment that Christ wore. On the back support in olive wood is inscribed Jerusalem.
Good condition. Tiny lacks, probably adjustments in the succession of mother-of-pearl plates for "asparagus dominates me hyssopo and mundabor"