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Historical Archive: Belgium

Musée du Cinquantenaire, Musées royaux d’Art et d’Histoire, Brussels
Treasury of the Cathedral of Nôtre-Dame, Tournai
Museum Godshuis Belle, Ypres


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St. Peter, ivory (left edge restored), Gaul or Italy 6th-7th c., MRAH 3148. This work has its own page.
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reliquary from province of Namur, prob. Beauraing, copper alloy on oak, 7th/8th-c., MRAH B005717-001
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reliquary from province of Namur, prob. Beauraing, copper alloy on oak, 7th/8th-c., MRAH B005717-001
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Genoels-Elderen ivories, late 8th/early 9th c., MRAH 1474. This work has its own page.
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Byzantine pectoral cross, silver, 11th-13th c., MRAH ACO.76.1.1
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Byzantine pectoral cross with St. George, copper alloy, 11th-13th c., MRAH ACO.75.1.3
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Liturgical sandals from Stavelot, leather with silk, 12th c. prob. Italy, MRAH 1825
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wyvern on liturgical sandals from Stavelot, leather with silk, 12th c. prob. Italy, MRAH 1825
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Aurochs or buffalo horn reliquary, early 12th-c. Insular; copper alloy at tip 13th c. (?), MRAH 2958
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Aurochs or buffalo horn reliquary, early 12th-c. Insular, MRAH 2958
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Ivory situla, 2nd quarter of 12th c. Rhineland, mounted in silver and gems as reliquary, 14th c., MRAH 2
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Ivory situla, 2nd quarter of 12th c. Rhineland, mounted in silver and gems as reliquary, 14th c., MRAH 2
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Head Reliquary of Pope Alexander; silver gilt with enamel and gems over wood core, c.1145, MRAH 1031. This work has its own page.
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Stavelot altar, gilt bronze with enamel and rock crystal, c.1150-60, MRAH 1590. This work has its own page.
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Typological cross, copper with enamel, silver, and rock crystal on wood core, Mosan 1150-1200, MRAH 2293. This work has its own page.
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cross from Scheldewindeke, rock crystal and enamel, Mosan c.1170-1200, MRAH 3669. This work 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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Monstrance from Aywières, silver gilt, crystal and other gems, early 13th c. Mosan, cross 14th c., MRAH 2875
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Monstrance from Aywières, silver gilt, crystal and other gems, early 13th c. Mosan, cross 14th c., MRAH 2875
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Monstrance from Aywières, silver gilt, crystal and other gems, early 13th c. Mosan, cross 14th c., MRAH 2875
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Reliquary cross, silver gilt and gems on wood core, Hugo de Walcourt c.1230, MRAH 3214. This work has its own page.
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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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Life of St. Martin of Tours, embroidered altar frontal, 2nd half of 14th c., MRAH. This work has its own page.
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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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Reliquary, ostrich egg with silver gilt, late 15th-early 16th c. Tournai, MRAH Ag. 319
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Stigmatization of St. Francis, tapestry, c.1600-50, Ypres, which has its own page