Relic Box (Capsula) with scenes of the Annunciation and the Crucifixion

Gallery 316, European Art 1100-1500, third floor

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Relic Box (Capsula) with scenes of the Annunciation and the Crucifixion

1300-1325

Artist/maker unknown, German

This box, in the form of a large locket that could be worn around the neck, contains fifty-six small relics glued to the sides of the container. Each relic has a small handwritten label identifying the saint's name. The box comes from one of the best known collections of sacred relics, usually called the Guelph Treasure.

Gallery 316, European Art 1100-1500, third floor

Object Details

Title:

Relic Box (Capsula) with scenes of the Annunciation and the Crucifixion

Date:

1300-1325

Artist:

Artist/maker unknown, German

Medium:

Gilded silver with engraved decoration

Dimensions:

1 3/16 x 4 5/16 inches (3 x 11 cm)

Classification:

Containers

Credit Line:

Purchased with funds contributed by Charles D. Hart, 1931

Accession Number:

1931-24-1

Geography:

Made in Brunswick, Lower Saxony, Germany, Europe

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Gallery 316, European Art 1100-1500, third floor

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