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This small wooden triptych—a hinged three-panel shrine—brought sacred images into Italian homes around 1230. Families used it for daily prayer, closing its doors to protect the painted saints inside. For ordinary people without access to grand church art, this was their window to the holy.
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You open the wooden doors of your own small shrine. Gold leaf catches candlelight. Mary's blue robe glows. The saints' faces—solemn, watchful—seem to turn toward you as you kneel. This moment, alone in your home, is your conversation with heaven.
Reflect
What object in your home today serves a similar purpose—a reminder of what matters most to you?