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- 1Wooden Tabernacle by Friar Ludovico Calascibetta Shown at Messina Museum●Wooden Tabernacle, Regional Museum of Messina, Sicily, Italy Isolated work by Friar Ludovico Calascibetta from Petralia
The Regional Museum of Messina in Sicily, Italy is drawing attention for its wooden tabernacle, an isolated work attributed to Friar Ludovico Calascibetta from Petralia Sottana, dating from the first quarter of the 18th century, circa 1700 to before 1729. The word tabernacle means "dwelling place", and in a church it is the fixed, secure box used to hold sacred items.