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Relic Bundle with Saints Stephen, Sophie, Perpetua, Paul, Barnaba, Philip, Simon, Thaddeus, John the Apostle, and James
c. 1045
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
These relics are housed in the portable altar commissioned by Countess Gertrude of Brunswick, one of the Guelph Treasure’s earliest and most sumptuous objects.
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- Title: Relic Bundle with Saints Stephen, Sophie, Perpetua, Paul, Barnaba, Philip, Simon, Thaddeus, John the Apostle, and James
- Date Created: c. 1045
- Type: Metalwork
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1931.462.i
- Medium: Compound weave or samite
- Fun Fact: An x-ray revealed only small specks of solid material among this wrapped bundle.
- Department: Medieval Art
- Culture: Germany, Lower Saxony?, Romanesque period, 11th century
- Credit Line: Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust
- Collection: MED - Romanesque
- Accession Number: 1931.462.i
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