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Silver-gilt bust of Charlemagne (prior to 1349), with precious stones & containing Charlemagne relic at Aachen Cathedral Treasury. Aachen, Germany. | Detail of Silver-gilt bust of Charlemagne (prior to 1349), with precious stones & containing Charlemagne relic at Aachen Cathedral Treasury. Aachen, Germany. | Gilded silver Arm Reliquary of Charlemagne (1481) at Aachen Cathedral Treasury. Aachen, Germany. | Gilded silver Chapel Reliquary with Virgin Mary & Child, Charlemagne & St Catherine at Aachen Cathedral Treasury. Aachen, Germany. |
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Gilded silver reliquary (11thC) at Aachen Cathedral Treasury. Aachen, Germany. | Gilded reliquary at Aachen Cathedral Treasury. Aachen, Germany. | Gilded silver Three-Steepled Chapel Reliquary depicting Christ with John the Baptist & St Stephanus (c1370-90) at Aachen Cathedral Treasury. Aachen, Germany. | Romanesque ivory Christ enthroned from Reliquary of St Aemilianus (1060-80) at Dumbarton Oaks Museum. Washington, DC. |
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Silver reliquary statue of St Bartholomew (1509) by Paulus Müllner from Nuremberg at Germanisches Nationalmuseum. Nuremberg, Germany. | Carved reliquary casket of St Cordula (c1000) from Scandinavia at Germanisches Nationalmuseum. Nuremberg, Germany. | Imperial reliquary shrine (1438-40) to hold relics entrusted to Nuremberg by Emperor Sigismund for safekeeping in 1424 at Germanisches Nationalmuseum. Nuremberg, Germany. | Reliquary box with copper fittings & bone carvings of Biblical characters (c1200) from Cologne at Cluny Museum. Paris, France. |
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Enameled copper reliquary with scenes of Adoration of Magi (c1200) from Limoges at Cluny Museum. Paris, France. | Enameled copper reliquary with scenes of St Fausta (mid 13thC) from Limoges at Cluny Museum. Paris, France. | Engraved silver reliquary (c1261-2) from Paris at Cluny Museum. Paris, France. | Clasp reliquary with eagle in semi-precious stones (mid 14thC) from Bohemia? at Cluny Museum. Paris, France. |
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Silver reliquary in form a church (15thC) from Germany at Cluny Museum. Paris, France. | Reliquary for arm of Charlemagne (c1165-70) from Liege at Louvre Museum. Paris, France. | Arm Reliquary for St Luke (1336-8) from Naples at Louvre Museum. Paris, France. | Relic of St Eustache at St Eustache Les Halles. Paris, France. |
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Reliquary of St Épine (c1460-64) by Guillaume Lemaistre in Tau Palace Museum. Reims, France. | Gold & silver ship reliquary of St Ursula (c1500) by Pierre Rousseau & Henri Duzen or Raymond Guyonnet in Tau Palace Museum. Reims, France. | Gold & silver ship reliquary of St Ursula (c1500) by Raymond Guyonnet in Tau Palace. Reims, France. | Resurrection Reliquary (2nd half of 15thC), first owned by Claude of France in Amboise, in 1547 given by Henri II to Reims Cathedral in Tau Palace Museum. Reims, France. |
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Reliquary at Rough Point. Newport, RI. | Reliquary arm (c1150-1200) from Liège? & casket (c1200-20) from Limoges at Kimbell Art Museum. Fort Worth, TX. | Monymusk Reliquary (c750) from Aberdeenshire said to have held remains of St Columba at National Museum of Scotland. Edinburgh, Scotland. | Wearable Clonmore shrine (late 7thC) to carry relic of Christian saint but modeled upon pre-Christian tomb design from Armagh at Ulster Museum. Belfast, Northern Ireland. |
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Silver gilt reliquary shrine of St Patrick's hand (15thC) from County Down at Ulster Museum. Belfast, Northern Ireland. | Panels telling the story of the life of St Ursula originally on the inside of lids of relic caskets at Wallraf-Richartz Museum. Köln, Germany. | Internment of relics of St Gervais & St Protais painting (1657) by Philippe de Champaigne at Beaux-Arts Museum. Lyon, France. |
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