Pax (liturgical object)
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The pax or pax board was an object used in the Middle Ages and Renaissance for the kiss of peace in the Catholic Mass. Direct kissing among the celebrants and congregation was replaced by each in turn
Ivory pax with Crucifixion, Germany or France, 15th century
Northern Italy, c. 1480, Glass, paint, gilt, copper, metal foil, 10.16 cm (4.00 in) high
Pax including a plaquette by Valerio Belli, 1520s
Rococo pax of 1726, for the Imperial Chapel of the Hofburg Palace in Vienna; by this time paxes were largely out of use in ordinary churches
Maso Finiguerra
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Maso Tommasoii Finiguerra was an Italian goldsmith, niellist, draftsman, and engraver working in Florence, who was incorrectly described by Giorgio Vasari as the inventor of engraving as a printmaking
Pax (liturgical object)
…painted enamel and gilt-copper frame, early 16th century. The main image after a plaquette. 19 cm (7.5 in) high Coronation of the Virgin, niello by Maso Finiguerra, Florence, 1452, now Bargello Side view of a pax showing the handle Mother of pearl medallion, after a print by Master E.S., c. 1480, mounted in silver…
A Warrior Subduing Another, drawing
Coronation of the Virgin, niello, 1452, Bargello
Niello pax with the Crucifixion, Bargello