Garland Sarcophagus |
Roman (Asia Minor) |
2nd century |
Dokimeion marble |
Column Sarcophagus with Christ and the Apostles |
Roman |
4th century |
White marble |
Tree Sarcophagus with the Anastasis |
Roman |
4th century |
White marble |
Reliquary Sarcophagus with Libation Opening |
Byzantine (Syria) |
5th/6th century |
Gypseous stone |
Epitaph of Asellus, with the Portraits of Peter and Paul |
Roman |
4th century |
White marble |
Epitaph of Severa, with the Adoration of the Magi |
Roman |
3rd/4th century |
White marble |
Epitaph of the Subdeacon Ursinianus |
Frankish/Merovingian |
6th century |
Marble |
Gold Glass with Agnes between the Apostles Peter and Paul |
Roman |
4th century |
Glass, gold leaf |
Gold Glass with St. Agnes in Orans Posture |
Roman |
4th century |
Glass, gold leaf |
Gold Glass with Sts. Peter and Paul and Peregrina |
Roman |
4th century |
Glass, gold leaf |
Votive Plaque with a Female Saint |
Syria |
6th or 7th century |
Silver alloy |
Votive Plaque with Eyes |
Syria |
6th or 7th century |
Silver alloy |
Reliquary Box with Stones from the Holy Land |
Syria or Palestine |
6th century |
Painted wood, stones, wood fragments, plaster |
The Trier Ivory |
Byzantine (Constantinople) |
6th century |
Ivory |
Set of Reliquary Boxes |
Byzantine |
4th/5th century |
Marble, silver, gold, garnets, precious stones |
The Pola Casket |
Roman |
5th century |
Ivory and silver over wood |
Front Panel of a Box-Shaped Altar |
Byzantine (Constantinople or Ravenna) |
6th century |
Proconnesian marble, Rosso di Verona |
Capsella Africana |
North Africa (?) |
5th/6th century |
Silver |
Reliquary of the Head of St. Sebastian |
Roman |
9th century |
Gilded silver, niello |
Pyxis |
Roman (Alexandria) |
6th century |
Ivory |
Pilgrim Flask of St. Menas |
Roman (Egypt) |
6th/7th century |
Terracotta |
Pilgrim Flask |
Byzantine (Palestine) |
6th/7th century |
Tin-lead alloy, leather |
Pilgrim Flask of St. Sergios |
Byzantine (Syria) |
6th/7th century |
Tin-lead alloy |
Reliquary of St. Zacharias |
Byzantine |
6th century |
Gold |
Necklace with Pendants |
Byzantine (Contantinople?) |
5th/6th century |
Gold, garnets |
Pendant Reliquary Cross |
Byzantine |
10th/11th century |
Silver, gilding, niello, pearls |
Reliquary Pendant of St. Sergios |
Byzantine (Contantinople?) |
11th century |
Gold |
Reliquary Pendant of St. Demetrios with Sts. Sergios and Bakchos |
Byzantine (Contantinople or Thessalonike) |
13th or 14th century |
Gold, enamel |
Reliquary Pendant of St. Demetrios with St. George |
Byzantine (Thessalonike?) |
12th or 13th century |
Gold, silver, silver gilt, enamel |
Menologion with Scenes of Martyrdom |
Byzantine (Contantinople) |
ca. 1025–50 |
Ink, paint, gold on parchment |
Pectoral Reliquary Cross |
Byzantine |
9th century |
Gold, niello |
Reliquary Pendant with the Adoration of the Magi |
Byzantine (Contantinople) |
10th–11th century |
Silver, gold, niello |
Reliquary Cross |
Byzantine |
12th/13th century |
Gold, enamel |
Pendant Reliquary Cross |
Byzantine (Contantinople) |
11th century |
Gold, enamel |
Reliquary of the True Cross (Enameled Cross of Pope Pascal I) |
Rome or Syria/Palestine |
9th century |
Copper gilt, enamel |
Reliquary of the True Cross |
Byzantine (Contantinople?) |
9th century |
Gold, silver, silver gilt, enamel, niello |
Reliquary of the Holy Nail |
Ottonian (Trier) |
before 975 |
Gold, enamel, precious stones, gems, glass |
Reliquary of St. Henry |
German (Lower Saxony) |
ca. 1175 |
Copper over wood, enamel, rock crystal |
Arm Reliquary of the Apostles |
German (Lower Saxony) |
ca.1190 |
Silver gilt over wood, enamel |
Reliquary with Tooth of St. John the Baptist |
German (Lower Saxony) |
1375/1400 |
Silver gilt, rock crystal |
Portable Altar of Countess Gertrude |
German (Lower Saxony) |
ca. 1045 |
Gold over wood, enamel, red porphyry, gems, pearls, niello |
Reliquary Bag from the Gertrude Altar |
Spanish (Mudejar) |
13th century |
Silk |
Ostensorium with "Paten of St. Bernward" |
German (Hildesheim?) |
ca.1180–90 and ca. 1350–1400 |
Silver, silver gilt, niello, rock crystal |
Reliquary of the True Cross |
German (Swabia) |
before 1135 |
Gold, silver gilt over wood, enamel, gems |
Reliquary of the True Cross |
Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem and Sicilian? |
12th century |
Silver gilt on wood |
Double-Arm Reliquary Cross |
Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem? |
12th century |
Gold |
Reliquary Cross |
French (Limoges) |
ca. 1180 |
Silver gilt on wood, rock crystal, glass |
Panel-shaped Reliquary of the True Cross |
Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem and Rhine-Meuse region |
1214 |
Silver, silver gilt over wood, precious stones, niello |
Reliquary of St. Marina |
Byzantine (Contantinople) |
before 1213 |
Silver gilt |
Reliquary of the Arm of St. George |
Byzantine and Venetian |
before 1325 and 16th century |
Silver, silver gilt, enamels, glass |
Reliquary Box with Scenes from the Life of John the Baptist |
Byzantine (Contantinople) |
14th century |
Tempera and gold on wood |
Reliquary Box |
Byzantine (Trebizond) |
14th–15th century |
Silver gilt, niello |
The Holy Thorn Reliquary |
French (Paris) |
1390–97 |
Gold, enamel, rock crystal, pearls, rubies, sapphires |
Artophorion (Reliquary of St. Anastasios the Persian) |
Byzantine (Antioch) |
ca. 969/70 |
Silver and silver gilt, niello |
Chrismatory |
English or French? |
8th–9th century |
Gilded copper alloy on wood |
Bell and Bell Shrine of St. Cuileáin |
Hibernian (Glankeen, County Tipperary, Ireland) |
7th or 8th century and 11th century |
Iron, copper alloy, silver, copper, niello, enamel |
Bell and Bell Shrine of St. Conall Cael |
Hibernian (Inishkeel, County Donegal, Ireland) |
7th–8th, 10th–11th and 15th century |
Iron, copper alloy, gold, bronze, silver, rock crystal |
The Franks Casket |
English |
8th century |
Whale's bone |
Reliquary |
Ottonian (Germany) |
ca. 1000 |
Ivory |
Treasure Binding of a Gospel Book |
German (Regensburg?) |
11th or 12th century |
Silver gilt, copper gilt, gold foil, niello, ivory, rock crystal, ink or paint, wood, leather, silk |
Reliquary of the True Cross |
French (Limoges) |
ca. 1178–98 and 16th century |
Copper and enamel over wood core |
Life and Miracles of St. Edmund |
English (Bury St Edmunds?) |
ca. 1130 |
Ink, paint, gold on parchment |
Reliquary Casket of Sts. Adrian and Natalia |
Spanish (Kingdom of Léon, Monastery of St. Adrian de Boñar?) |
12th century |
Silver over wood |
The Abdinghof Altar |
German (Paderborn) |
12th century |
Copper gilt bronze gilt, wood, stone, paint |
Portable Altar |
German (Hildesheim) |
1190–1200 |
Copper gilt over wood, limestone, printed vellum, rock crystal, ivory |
The Crippled and Sick Cured at the Tomb of St. Nicholas |
Gentile de Fabriano (ca. 1370–1427) |
1425 |
Tempera on wood |
Fragment of a Relic Shroud |
Eastern Mediterranean or Near Eastern |
11th/12th century |
Silk, gold |
The Shrine of St. Amandus |
Flemish |
13th century |
Copper gilt, silver, brass over wood, enamel, rock crystal, semiprecious stones |
Panels from a Window Showing the Life and Martyrdom of St. Vincent of Saragossa |
French (Paris) |
ca. 1245 |
Vitreous paint, colored glass |
Reliquary Pendant |
Scottish |
ca. 1200 |
Gold, wood, rock crystal, pearls |
Reliquary Pendant |
English |
15th century |
Gold, enamel |
Reliquary Pendant for the Holy Thorn |
French (Paris) |
ca. 1340 |
Gold, enamel, amethyst, rock crystal, vellum, thorn |
Reliquary Jewel |
Bohemian (Prague) |
14th century |
Silver, partially gilded, enamel, rubies, garnets, sapphires, amethysts, rock crystal, pearls, glass |
Reliquary Pendant |
Post-Byzantine (Serres, Greece) |
16th century |
Gold, amethyst, emeralds, rubies, pearls, semiprecious stones, niello |
Cross of St. Nikomedes of Borghorst |
German (Essen?) |
ca. 1050 |
Gold, copper gilt, wood, precious stones, rock crystal, pearls (silver mount) |
Fatimid Flask Reliquary |
Fatmid (Egypt), European |
11th–14th century |
Silver gilt, rock crystal, niello |
Reliquary Casket |
French, Fatimid (Egypt) |
10th and 13th century |
Silver gilt, wood, rock crystal, sapphires, garnets, turquoise, emeralds, rubies, cornelian intaglios, cameos, mother of pearl, pearls, colored glass |
Crystal Reliquary |
Rheinish |
ca. 1200 |
Copper gilt, rock crystal |
Reliquary from the Shrine of St. Oda |
Mosan (Belgium) |
11th/12th and 13th century |
Silver, silver gilt, copper, copper gilt, enamel, rock crystal, horn |
Reliquary from the Shrine of St. Oda |
Mosan (Belgium) |
12th and 13th century |
Silver, silver gilt, copper, copper gilt, enamel, rock crystal, horn |
Reliquary of St. Gondulph |
Mosan (Maastrich) |
ca. 1180–1200 |
Copper gilt, wood, vernis brun, enamel |
Reliquary of St. Monulph |
Mosan (Maastrich) |
ca. 1180–1200 |
Copper gilt, wood, vernis brun, enamel |
Reliquary of the True Cross |
Mosan (Belgium) |
ca. 1150–75 |
Copper gilt, enamel |
Reliquary Cross |
Mosan (Belgium) |
1160–70 |
Copper alloy, enamel, rock crystal, silver, lapis lazuli, garnet, amethyst |
Phylactery |
Mosan (Belgium) |
ca. 1160 |
Copper gilt, vernis brun, enamel, gems, rock crystal |
Triptych Reliquary of the True Cross |
Mosan (probably Liège) |
ca. 1160–70 |
Copper gilt, wood, vernis brun, enamel, rock crystal |
Reliquary Triptych from St. Maria ad Gradus |
Byzantine (Constantinople), German (Cologne) |
12th century; ca. 1230/40s |
Gold, silver, silver gilt, enamel, gems |
Reliquary Chasse with St. Valerie |
French (Limoges) |
ca. 1170–72 |
Copper, gold, enamel |
Reliquary Chasse with the Virgin and Child |
French (Limoges) |
1175–80 |
Copper alloy, gold, enamel, rock crystal |
Reliquary Chasse with the Holy Women at the Tomb |
French (Limoges) |
ca. 1200–10 |
Copper gilt, wood, enamel, glass |
Reliquary Chasse with the Adoration of the Magi |
French (Limoges) |
ca. 1200 |
Copper gilt, enamel |
Reliquary Chasse with the Adoration of the Magi |
French (Limoges) |
ca. 1200–30 |
Copper gilt, enamel |
Reliquary Chasse with Scenes from the Life of Christ |
French (Limoges) |
ca. 1230–50 |
Copper gilt, wood, enamel |
Reliquary Chasse with Scenes of the Martyrdom of Thomas Becket |
English |
ca. 1173–80 |
Silver gilt, niello, glass |
Reliquary Pendant with Queen Margaret of Sicily and Bishop Reginald of Bath |
English |
ca. 1174–77 |
Gold |
Reliquary Chasse with Scenes of the Martyrdom of Thomas Becket |
French (Limoges) |
ca. 1210 |
Copper alloy, enamel |
Reliquary Chasse with Scenes of the Martyrdom of Thomas Becket |
French (Limoges) |
ca. 1210 |
Copper alloy, wood, enamel |
Plaque from a Reliquary Chasse |
French (Limoges) |
ca. 1220–25 |
Copper gilt, enamel |
The Butler Hours |
English |
ca. 1350 |
Ink, paint, gold, parchment |
Life of the Blessed Hedwig |
Silesian |
1353 |
Tempera, colored washes, ink, parchment, wood, pigskin |
Reliquary Head of St. Eustace |
Upper Rheinish (Basil) |
ca. 1210 |
Silver gilt, wood, rock crystal, chalcedony, amethyst, cornelian, pearl, glass |
Reliquary Bust of St. Baudime |
French (Auvergne) |
ca. 1146–78 |
Copper gilt, walnut, ivory, horn |
Reliquary Bust of St. Césaire |
French (Massif Central) |
12th century, 13th century and later additions |
Silver and copper gilt, wood, cabochons, paint |
Reliquary Bust of St. Balbina |
South Netherlandish (Brussels?) |
ca. 1520–30 |
Painted and gilded oak |
Reliquary Bust of an Unknown Female Saint, Probably a Companion of St. Ursula |
South Netherlandish (Brussels?) |
ca. 1520–30 |
Painted and gilded oak |
Reliquary Arm of St. Luke |
Naples |
before 1338 |
Silver gilt, enamel, rock crystal |
Reliquary of the Tooth of Mary Magdalene |
Tuscan |
14th and 15th century |
Silver gilt, copper gilt, verre églomisé, rock crystal |
Reliquary of the Rib of St. Peter |
Hugo of Oignies (Mosan) |
1238 |
Silver gilt, bronze gilt, niello, gems, topaz, garnet, beryl, pearls, rock crystal |
Reliquary of the Foot of St. Blaise |
Workshop of Hugo of Oignies (Mosan) |
ca. 1260 |
Silver gilt, copper gilt, wood, rock crystal |
Mandylion |
Frame: Grancesco Corni |
Frame: 1623 |
Painted cloth, silver gilt, enamel |
Pendant Icon with the Virgin Dexiokratousa |
Byzantine, German |
12th and 14th century |
Steatite, silver gilt, pearls |
Mosaic Icon of St. Demetrios with Reliquary Flask |
Byzantine |
13th, 14th or 15th century |
Wax, wood, paint, silver gilt, lead |
Imago pietatis (Man of Sorrows) |
Byzantine, Italian |
ca. 1300 and ca. 1380 |
Multicolored stones, gold, silver, wood, metal |
Reliquary Frame |
Sienese |
1347 |
Gilded wood, pastiglia, verre églomisé, glass cabochons, relics |
Wing of a Reliquary Diptych with the Crucifixion and Saints |
Italian |
ca. 1355–70 |
Tempera, gold leaf, wood, marble, ceramic, verre églomisé |
Reliquary with Madonna and Child with Saints |
Lippo Vanni |
1350–59 |
Tempera, gold leaf, wood, paper |
Reliquary Tabernacle with Virgin and Child |
Naddo Ceccarelli |
ca. 1350 |
Tempera, gold, glass, panel |
Reliquary Triptych with the Annunciation, St. Ansanus, the Adoration of the Magi, and the Crucifixion |
Bartolo di Fredi, French |
ca. 1370, 13th century |
Tempera, gold leaf, wood, gold, ivory |
Reliquary with the Man of Sorrows |
Bohemian |
1347–49 |
Silver gilt, enamel, semiprecious stones |
Reliquary Statuette of St. George |
German |
ca. 1480–90 |
Silver |
Virgin with the Christ Child |
French (Paris) |
1407 |
Silver gilt, colored glass |
Nuremberg Relic-Book |
Peter Vischer (German) |
1487 |
Printer's ink, parchment, hand coloring |
Bamberg Relic-book |
Hans Mair (German) |
1493 |
Printer's ink, paper |
Broadside of Relics from Kloster Andechs |
German |
1496 |
Printer's ink, paper, hand coloring |
Print of the Relics of the Holy Roman Empire |
Hans Spoerer (?) (German) |
1480/1496 |
Printer's ink, paper, hand-coloring |
Christ Designating a Child |
Magdeburg (Germany) |
ca. 968 |
Ivory, traces of polychromy |
Appliqué with Saint George Slaying the Dragon |
German |
ca. 1500 |
Mother of pearl |
"Griffin's Claw" of St. Cuthbert |
English (Durham) |
1575–1625 |
Ibex horn, silver |
Kneeling Prophets |
Jean de Clichy, Gautier du Four, Guillaume Bouyn (French) |
1409 |
Bronze |
Reliquary Chasse of St. Germain, Bishop of Paris |
Jean Chaufourier |
ca. 1724 |
Etching on paper |
Chronica Majora |
Matthew Paris (English) |
ca. 1250 |
Parchment, ink, paint |
Reliquary of Sts. Lucian, Maximian, and Julian |
French (Paris) |
ca. 1261 |
Silver gilt |
Psalter Hours |
French |
ca. 1460, ca. 1500 |
Ink, paint, gold, parchment |
Box for a French Pennant Taken at the Battle of Pavia |
Spanish |
1525 |
Leather, silver, paper, gold paint, glass cameos |
Eight Plaques from the Saint Servatius Bust at St. Servatius in Maastricht |
Maastricht |
1403 |
Gilt silver |
Goldsmith's Model for a Reliquary in the Shape of the St. Andrew's Cross |
Nuremberg |
ca. 1520 |
Limewood |