File:German - Reliquary with Apostles - Walters 71146.jpg
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[edit]Reliquary with Apostles
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Anonymous (Germany) |
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| Title |
Reliquary with Apostles |
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| Description |
English: This octagonal reliquary, or container for saints' relics, is decorated with standing figures of eight apostles, all carved in a compact, linear style more typical of the 11th and 12th centuries. The shape of the reliquary, though, is 13th-century. The plaques are carved from bone, which was more plentiful and less expensive than elephant ivory. The reliquary, one of seven small tower-shaped vessels to survive from Cologne, originally rested on four short feet and was crowned by a knob finial. |
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| Date | mid 13th century (Middle Ages) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | bone on wooden frame with gold gilding and red and green paste inlays. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | 20 × 13.2 × 13.3 cm (7.8 × 5.1 × 5.2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Accession number |
71.146 |
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| Place of creation | Cologne, Germany | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Exhibition history | Ivory: The Sumptuous Art. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1983-1984. Reliquaries and Ritual: Medieval Objects of Devotion. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1984-1985. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Credit line | Acquired by Henry Walters | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Inscriptions |
[Transcription] Scrolls held by each apostle inscribed with carved letters filled with alternating gold gilt and paste infill read: PETRVS/S PAVLVS/S ANDREAS/S IACOES/S THOMAS/S MATHEVS/S IHILIPPVS/S IOHANNES; [Translation] Saints Peter, Paul, Andrew, James, Thomas, Matthew, Phillip, and John. [Transcription] Tablets held by evangelist symbols on the plaques of the octagonal roof are inscribed with paste infilled letters: MAR/CUS/LUC/AS/MAT/HEUS/IOH; [Translation] Mark, Luke, Matthew, and John. |
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Walters Art Museum:  Home page  Info about artwork |
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