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Historical Archive: Reliquaries 13th and 14th centuries

not including reliquary crosses, corpora, or most altars, for which see Object type index.
For most purses used to hold relics, see purses.


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Sainte Chasse, 12th-13th c. conversion to reliquary, Sens CT 143, which has its own page
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pendant reliquary, copper/glass Rome? 12th-13th c.; St. Artemon of of Laodikeia, MS Byzantine 10th c.; Vat 61918
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shrine of St. Elizabeth, 13th c., in situ: Elizabethkirche, Marburg. For detail see Marburg
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copper alloy at tip 13th c. (?); aurochs or buffalo horn reliquary, early 12th-c. Insular; MRAH 2958. For horn detail see MRAH.
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Reliquary purse, silk/silver thread, c.1200, Utrecht OKM t101, which has its own page
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Tablet reliquary transformed into a mirror; silver, copper, wood; Mosan c.1200, MRAH V.2132
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reliquary casket from Moûtiers-en-Tarentaise, silver gilt, rock crystal, other gems, pearls, ivory; c.1200, poss. north France; with 10th-c. Fatimid crystal panels, Cluny Cl.11661. For other views see Cluny.
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reliquary base, gilt bronze, enamel, and silver gilt with Carolingian crystal, early 13th c., TMA 50.287. For Carolingian crystal see TMA.
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Monstrance from Aywières, silver gilt, crystal and other gems, early 13th c. Mosan, cross 14th c., MRAH 2875. For details see MRAH.
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Thomas Becket reliquary, copper/enamel, c.1200-1210, SF. For oblique view see SF.
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reliquary of Thomas Becket, copper alloy/enamel, Limoges c.1200-25, Cluny Cl. 22596. For details see Cluny.
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Head of John the Baptist c.1210-20, wood, NaumburgCT, which has its own page
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reliquary châsse plaque: Crucifixon and St. Thomas Becket, Master G. Alpais and workshop (French), c.1220-1225, CMA 1951.449
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Adoration of the Magi, gilt copper/enamel/rock crystal reliquary, Limoges c.1225-50, Hermitage Ф-181. For side view see Hermitage.
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Stigmatization of St. Francis, reliquary plaque c.1230-40, Limoges enamel on copper, Louvre OA 81, loan to Cluny ML 84. For details see Cluny.
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reliquary fr. Filefjell, copper gilt, Norway 1230-50, Bergen MA 52, which has its own page
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Vatnås reliquary, Norway c.1250-1300, Copenhagen, National Museum 9085. For details see Copenhagen.
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reliquary pendant, rock crystal/silver gilt/enamel/glass, Cologne c.1250-1300, Schn G392. For other views see Schn.
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reliquary crown, silver gilt and gems, Mosan c. 1260-70, Louvre OA 9445. For details see Louvre.
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reliquary of SS. Maxian, Lucian, Julian, fr. Sainte Chapelle, silver gilt, Paris 1261-62, Cluny Cl. 10746. For detail see Cluny.
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reliquary capsule, silver gilt, Trier poss. c.1270, Schn G645. For lid see Schn.
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reliquary bust, wood/crystal, last third 13th c., SMBByz
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Tablet reliquary, late 13th-c. Mount Athos or Venice; cedar wood, copper alloy, horn, silver, manuscript, glass, beads, gems; MRAH 3225. This work has its own page.
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panel reliquary, oak/horn/silver gilt/polychrome, late 13th c., poss. Cologne, Schn E216. For details see Schn.
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arm reliquary of St. Pantaleon, Rhenish late 13th c., gilded silver, WAM 57.688. This work has its own page.
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reliquary of St. Lawrence's finger, late 13th to early 14th c. France, copper and gilded silver, Louvre
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Ivory situla mounted in silver and gems as reliquary, 14th c., MRAH 2. For ivory detail see MRAH.
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wood and embroidery reliquary, 14th c. DMP G8.77. For another view see DMP.
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reliquary apple, 14th c. France, silver, niello, and gilt, Louvre OA 6712. For other views see Louvre.
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tablet reliquaries, 14th c., Maastricht, Sint Servaas treasury. For detail see Maastricht.
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foot reliquary of St. Adalhard, copper gilt, Italy 14th c., Cluny Cl. 1400. For profile see Cluny.
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Reliquary icon: conversion to reliquary with horn 14th/15th-c. Germany; frame silver gilt on wood, Constantinople 11th/12th c.; Nativity ivory, Venice?, 12th/13th c. Louvre OA 11399. This work has its own page.
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pendant reliquary with Annunciation from Guelph Treasure, silver gilt, Brunswick 1300-25, PMA 1931-24-1. For view with chain see PMA.
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St. George arm reliquary, Prague 1300-25, Prague Castle HS 03343. This work has its own page.
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lead reliquary, 1312-35, DMP R208. For detail see DMP.
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reliquary St. Blaise, silver gilt/gems/enamel, Braunschweig? 1325-50, KGM W 30, which has its own page
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bust reliquary of St. Donatus, 1346, Arezzo, Santa Maria delle Pieve
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3 Towers Reliquary, 1370-90, AachenCT. This work has its own page.
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capital (reliquary?) from Leno monastery, late 14th to early 15th c., Brescia Museum of Santa Giulia. For other views see Brescia.
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reliquary with pilgrim/secular badges, wood and tin alloy, late 14-early 15th c., Tournai, treasury of Nôtre-Dame. This work has its own page.
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related: Thomas Becket bust reliquary, 14th-c. tin/lead pilgrimage badge, CHM
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related: Thomas Becket reliquary, 14th c., lead alloy, MoL 86.202/3
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related: shrine and reliquary of Thomas Becket, mid/late 14th c., lead alloy, MoL BC72[55]<1555>