EPISCOPAL NECKLACES
19th Century
EPISCOPAL NECKLACES
19th Century
H 165mm / l 84mm
A breast pendant with a miniature Christ giving blessings with his right hand and holding the globe in the left.
Inscription: “Jesus Christ” on both sides in Armenian, within a circular frame decorated with numerous amethysts and coloured stones.
It belonged to Monseigneur Vramchabouh Kibarian, bishop of Paris.
Only bishops had the right to wear this medallion, known as the “enkolpion.”