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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.
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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Virgin of Jeanne d'Evreux, silver gilt/enamel, 1324-39, Louvre MR 342, which has its own page
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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>
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