Kornbluth reliquaries through 12th c.

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Historical Archive: Reliquaries through the 12th century

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

reliquary in sarcophagus form, gypsum, 5th-6th c. Apamene, Syria, SMBByz 10/87. For other views see Berlin.	silver reliquary, Greece, 5th-6th c.? BNM 67/1, which has its own page	ivory medicine box converted to reliquary, Asclepius and Hygeia, late 5th c., VHM, loan from Sion CT. This work has its own page.	Daniel and Habakkuk buckle, region of Mâcon, 2nd half of 6th c., MAN. For color see MAN.	Sancta Sanctorum reliquary box, Syria/Palestine, late 6th-early 7th c. This work has its own page.
reliquary from province of Namur, prob. Beauraing, copper alloy on oak, 7th/8th-c., MRAH B005717-001. For oblique reverse see MRAH.	Sutton Hoo Great Gold Buckle (poss. reliquary), early 7th c., BM 1939,1010.1, which has its own page	Adalricus reliquary, 8th c., Diocesan Museum Sion. This work has its own page.	reliquary, silver and copper gilt with glass on wood core, 8th century(?), Cluny Cl. 13968. This work has its own page.	reliquary or chrismatory, copper/garnets/glass, c.700, Utrecht ABM m904, which has its own page
Altheus Reliquary 772-814, repoussé side, Diocesan Museum Sion. This work has its own page.	Portable reliquary, prob. late 8th c., Sens CT F.63.70. This object has its own page.	Enger reliquary, late 8th c., KGM. This object has its own page.	Talisman de Charlemagne, gold, sapphire, other gems; 9th c., Tau. This work has its own page.	Ste. Foi reliquary (Majesté de Sainte Foi), 9th c. and later, Conques, abbey treasury. For Carolingian crystal see Conques.
Stephansbursa, gold repoussé reliefs, early 9th c., Vienna Kunsthistorisches Museum Schatzkammer. This object has its own page.	Hildesheim "founding reliquary", silver, early 9th c., in Hildesheim Cathedral, which has its own interior page	Ellwangen casket, bronze, c.877-900, WLM. This object has its own page.	pendant reliquary, Constantinople 10th-11th c., BM AF.354, which has its own page	reliquary tablet, 11th c?, Halberstadt, cathedral treasury 46. For details of crystals see Halberstadt.
Tablet reliquary, 11th c. Byzantine with Mosan frame and cover c.1160-70, silver gilt and enamel on copper gilt, Louvre OA 8099. This work has its own page.	reliquary, sides bone, top ivory, c.1000-1050, Schn B159. For other views see Schn.	Imad Madonna, linden wood, 1051-58, DMP SK1, which has its own page	Byzantine triptychs, late 11th-early 12th c., on Stavelot Triptych, Morgan AZ001, which has its own page with details.	St. Stephen reliquary figure, 12th c. France, Hermitage For detail see Hermitage.
Reliquary of SS. Adrian and Natalia, León 12th c., silver on oak, AIC 1943.65. This work has its own page.	bell shrine, 12th c., BM 1854,0714.6.B; detail at British Museum	Sainte Chasse, 12th-13th c. conversion to reliquary, Sens CT 143, which has its own page	pendant reliquary, copper/glass Rome? 12th-13th c.; St. Artemon of of Laodikeia, MS Byzantine 10th c.; Vat 61918	Frøslev reliquary, copper/enamel, c.1100-50, NMD D751, which has its own page
Aurochs or buffalo horn reliquary, early 12th-c. Insular; copper alloy at tip 13th c. (?), MRAH 2958. For detail see MRAH.	shrine of St. Gotthard/Godehard, silver gilt, design and most figures c.1130-40, in crypt of Hildesheim Cathedral, which has its own interior page	Head Reliquary of Pope Alexander; silver gilt with enamel and gems over wood core, c.1145, MRAH 1031. This work has its own page.	Head/bust reliquary, c.1150, St. Peter? VHM. This work has its own page.	Stavelot Triptych, Mosan, c.1156-58, Morgan AZ001, which has its own page.
St. Valerie of Limoges reliquary, gilt copper/enamel, Limoges c.1175, Hermitage Ф-175. For oblique view see Hermitage.	Thomas Becket reliquary, Limoges c.1180-90, V&A M.66-1997. This work has its own page.	St. Oswald reliquary, c.1185-89, HildMus DS23, which has its own page	reliquary of Thomas Becket, copper alloy/enamel, Limoges c.1190-1200, Cluny Cl. 23296 For details see Cluny.