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Plaque from a Reliquary Shrine
c. 1170
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
These decorative enamel plaques (1953.274, 1953.638, 1957.502, and 1961.27) have been linked to some of Cologne's most important reliquary shrines, namely the shrine of the Three Kings at Cologne Cathedral and the shrines of Saints Maurinus and Albinus in the Benedictine abbey church of Saint Panteleon.
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- Title: Plaque from a Reliquary Shrine
- Date Created: c. 1170
- Physical Dimensions: Overall: 2.7 x 6.1 cm (1 1/16 x 2 3/8 in.)
- Provenance: Rosamond Zverina, Cleveland, Ohio.
- Type: Enamel
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1957.502
- Medium: gilded copper; champlevé and cloisonné enamel
- Department: Medieval Art
- Culture: Germany, Rhine Valley, Cologne, Romanesque period, 12th century
- Credit Line: Gift of Rosamond Zverina
- Collection: MED - Romanesque
- Accession Number: 1957.502
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