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Reliquary pendant
UnknownAbout 1400
Pforzheim Jewellery Museum
Pforzheim, Germany
Jewellery in the "autumn of the Middle Ages" was dominated by religious themes, even though secular luxury was beginning to spread. A Burgundian pendant, which was inherited by Emperor Charles V in the mid-16th century and was owned later on by an English aristocratic family, perfectly exemplifies the interpenetration of religion and secular opulence in the late Middle Ages.
Details
- Title: Reliquary pendant
- Creator: Unknown
- Date Created: About 1400
- Location: Burgundy
- Physical Dimensions: h6.1 cm
- Provenance: © Schmuckmuseum Pforzheim | On permanent loan from the Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts, Baden-Württemberg
- Type: Jewellery
- Photographer: Guenther Meyer
- Medium: Gold, rock crystal, enamel
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