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Historical Archive: Reliquaries
Paris, Musée de Cluny

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reliquary, silver and copper gilt with glass on wood core, 8th c.(?), Cluny Cl. 13968. This work has its own page.
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reliquary of Thomas Becket, copper alloy/enamel, Limoges c.1190-1200, Cl. 23296
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reliquary of Thomas Becket Cl. 23296: martyrdom Thomas
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reliquary of Thomas Becket Cl. 23296: funeral Thomas
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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
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reliquary casket, clasp side: Fatimid crystal panel with ibexes, 10th-c. Egypt
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reliquary casket, top
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reliquary casket, short side, crystal with cut-off animal
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reliquary casket, hinge side, crystal with gazelles
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reliquary of Thomas Becket, copper alloy/enamel, Limoges c.1200-25, Cl. 22596
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reliquary of Thomas Becket Cl. 22596: martyrdom Thomas
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reliquary of Thomas Becket Cl. 22596: funeral Thomas
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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
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Stigmatization of St. Francis, saint
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Stigmatization of St. Francis, seraph
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reliquary of SS. Maxian, Lucian, Julian, fr. Sainte Chapelle, silver gilt, Paris 1261-62, Cl. 10746
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reliquary fr. Sainte Chapelle: SS. holding heads
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foot reliquary of St. Adalhard, copper gilt, Italy 14th c., Cl. 1400
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foot reliquary of St. Adalhard, profile
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Holy Family reliquary, Hans Greiff, Ingolstadt 1472, silver, silver gilt, paint, gems, pearls, Cluny Cl. 17048, which has its own page