Crozier
Nicolas Dolin (act. 1648–84)
Crozier, 1654–55
Gilt silver, glass, semi-precious stones
80 1/8 × 6 11/16 × 4 1/8 in. (203.5 × 17 × 10.5 cm)
Terra Sancta Museum, Jerusalem
© The Frick Collection
A crozier (or pastoral staff) is used by a bishop (and by the Custos) during offices to symbolize his pastoral responsibilities. This one, created in Paris by the goldsmith Nicolas Dolin, was a gift from Louis XIV (r. 1643–1715) to the Custody of the Holy Land. It is decorated with the lilies (fleurs-de-lys) of France and two statuettes of St. Louis, King of France, and his nephew, the Franciscan Bishop St. Louis of Toulouse, both ancestors of the king.
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