Trier Cathedral - Treasury

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Object location49° 45′ 22.55″ N, 6° 38′ 37.09″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View all coordinates using: OpenStreetMapinfo
English: The en:Trier Cathedral Treasury is a museum of Christian art and medieval art in Trier located inside the Cathedral of Trier. It contains some of the church's most valuable relics, reliquaries, liturgical vessels, ivories, manuscripts and other artistic objects. The history of the Trier church treasure goes back at least 800 years. In spite of heavy losses during the period of the Coalition Wars, it is one of the richest cathedral treasuries in Germany. With the cathedral it forms part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site.


Engraving of the Holy Tunic 17c

Engraving of the Holy Tunic 1933
Engraving of the Holy Tunic 1891

The Seamless Robe of Jesus is said to have been worn by Jesus
shortly before his crucifixion. It is infrequenly displayed to the public.









Andreas-Tragaltar / Egbert-Schrein - An Ottonian portable altar





Reliquary of the Holy Nail, a relic believed to be from the Cross of Jesus - An Ottonian goldsmith work



Relics and reliquaries


St Helen's relic - Closed

Saint Anne arm

St Helen's relic - Open



Liturgical objects

Gothic Revival chalice

Ciboria

c 16c Coconut made into a reliquary
Ciboria

Monstrance

St. Anne portable reliquary

Gozbert Censer

c 1100 Romanesque book cover
A portable altar

Monstrance



Croziers


Crosier of Bishop Arnold II of Isenburg
Crosier of Bishop Heinrich of Finstingen

Crosier of Bishop Franz Georg of Schönborn

Crosier of Bishop Heinrich of Finstingen