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Historical Archive: Ecclesiastical and Religious Metalwork, more precisely datable 14th c. and all 15th c.


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reliquary of St. Lawrence's finger, late 13th to early 14th c. France, copper and gilded silver, Louvre
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Halberstadt city seal matrix, bronze, c.1300, SMBMünz 18239309, which has its own page
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pendant reliquary with Annunciation from Guelph Treasure, silver gilt, Brunswick 1300-25, PMA 1931-24-1. For another view see PMA.
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St. George arm reliquary, Prague 1300-25, Prague Castle HS 03343. This work has its own page.
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John the Baptist: priest holding head, angels with torches, Amiens early 14th c., lead alloy, MoL 93.166/1
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Thomas Becket ampulla, early 14th c, lead alloy, MoL A27323
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Reliquary cross "of Charlemagne"; gold, niello, enamel, sapphire, ruby, pearl, wood; early 14th c., Sens CT TC.D'5
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Andernach city seal matrix, silver, by 1308, SMBMünz 18239319, which has its own page
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St Elizabeth of Hungary, enamel on gilt copper, Sienna c.1310, Louvre OA 2011
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lead reliquary, oblique, 1312-35, DMP R208. For detail see DMP.
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reliquary St. Blaise, silver gilt/gems/enamel, Braunschweig? 1325-50, KGM W 30, which has its own page
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Virgin of Jeanne d'Evreux, silver gilt/enamel, 1324-39, Louvre MR 342, which has its own page
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plenary of Otto the Mild, 1339 reusing chessboard 1300-30, KGM W 32, which has its own page
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bust reliquary of St. Donatus, 1346, Arezzo, Santa Maria della Pieve
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processional cross with holder: rock crystal, silver, enamel, copper gilt; c.1350, cross Spain, enamel poss. Germany, PMA 1949-40-4. For other views see PMA.
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ciborium monstrance, silver gilt/rock crystal/enamel, c.1350-75, DMP PR109, which has its own page
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shrine and reliquary of Thomas Becket, mid/late 14th c., lead alloy, MoL BC72[55]<1555>
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Thomas, Earl of Lancaster: panel with capture, trial, journey, and execution; above: Coronation of the Virgin; mid/late 14th c., lead alloy partly gilt, from River Thames bank, MoL
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3 Towers Reliquary, 1370-90, AachenCT. This work has its own page.
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St. Jos with rosary, late 14th c., lead alloy, prob. fr. Saint-Josse-sur-Mer, France, MoL SWA81[0]<965>
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Agnus Dei box with name Pope Urban IV, copper gilt, 1380-90, prob. Italy, PMA 1930-1-41. For another view see PMA.
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reliquary with pilgrim/secular badges, wood and tin alloy, late 14-early 15th c., Tournai, treasury of Nôtre-Dame. This work has its own page.
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angel reliquaries from the treasury of the Order of the Holy Spirit (left with stamp of Toulouse), silver gilt with paint, France 15th c., Louvre MR 551, 550. These works have their own page.
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copper mount France 15th c., holding pyxis 1 from Lavoûte-Chilhac: Christ and the Samaritan woman at the well, ivory, eastern Mediterranean? c.550-600; Louvre OA 5524 A
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copper mount France 15th c., holding pyxis 2 from Lavoûte-Chilhac: Massacre of the Innocents, ivory, eastern Mediterranean? c.550-600; Louvre OA 5524 B
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lower border and poss. center figure 15th c., on Novgorod cathedral doors, bronze, prob. 1152-54. The doors have their own page.
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St. George prob. from Windsor, 15th c., lead alloy, MoL 86.202/20
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St. Christopher, 15th c., lead alloy, MoL 78.12
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Vernicle (veil of Veronica), 15th c., copper alloy, MoL 88.9/18
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St. James: seal matrix St James Cripplegate, copper alloy, 15th c., MoL A11010
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reliquary cross, gold/enamel/?garnet, 15th c., MoL 94.240
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Archangel Michael, 15th c. Russia (Moscow?), MSHM
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reliquary, silver and email de basse taille on silver gilt, Flanders, 15th c.?, Louvre OA 5566
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Deposition with stamp of Santiago de Compostella, jet and silver, 15th or 16th c., Louvre OA 11112
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Entry into Jerusalem, tin pilgrim sign, Bremen?, c.1400, WienMus
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miraculous Hosts of Wilsnack: Crucifixion, Resurrection, Flagellation, tin pilgrim sign, Wilsnack c.1400, WienMus
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St. Andrew, copper gilt, c.1400-50, Tau
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reliquary of Pont-Saint-Esprit, 1429, wood/silver gilt: SS Caesarius, Blaise. Musée d'art sacré du Gard. For detail see Pont-Saint-Esprit.
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Weddeghe Velstede, silver gilt reliquary monstrance 1433, with Fatimid crystal, AIC 1962.91. This work has its own page.
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Ivan Arip, 1435: Panagiarion (paten on stand), silver gilt, which has its own page
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Russian inscriptions c.1439-50 on Novgorod cathedral doors, bronze, prob. 1152-54. The doors have their own page with many inscriptions.
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Christ; St. Maurice, St. Peter, Pope Boniface IX: tin pilgrim sign, Magdeburg c.1450, WienMus
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Andrea Guacioloti, Pope Nicholas V in the ship Eclesia, cast bronze 1455, UMMA 1984/1.283
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arm reliquary of St. Babylas from Guelph Treasure, silver and silver gilt on oak core, Brunswick 1467, PMA 1951-12-1. For other views see PMA.
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Holy Family reliquary, Hans Greiff, Ingolstadt 1472, silver, silver gilt, paint, gems, pearls, Cluny Cl. 17048. This work has its own page.
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reliquary of the hand of St Martha from the convent of St Martha of Venice, silver gilt, Giovanni Leon, Venice 1472-74, Louvre OA 5641. This work has its own page.
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Baptismal font fr. church St. Elizabeth Wrocław, bronze, Wrocław bef. 1477, MNW SZM 5600. This work has its own page.
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Hat badge with head of John the Baptist, 1475-85: gold, carnelian, enamel. AIC 1992.301
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Arm reliquary Charlemagne, c.1481, silver gilt/gems/enamel, AachenCT. This work has its own page.
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Altneuschul, Prague, bimah grille after 1483. This work has its own pages.
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John Schorn in pulpit with angels, boot to left, late 15th c., lead alloy, MoL 8774
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Crucifixion and Instruments of the Passion, copper alloy hat badge, late 15th c., MoL 82.8/8
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King Henry VI (Henry of Windsor, as saint?) with orb and scepter, antelope at feet, late 15th c., lead alloy, MoL 85.79/6
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King Henry VI (Henry of Windsor, as saint?) on a ship, late 15th c., lead alloy (imitation gold coin), MoL 75.1/3
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St. Sebastian, silver, Germany late 15th c., KGM F 1277 m
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St. Barbara reliquary pendant, France or Netherlands 1495-1505, gold and enamel, AIC 1938.1179
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Reliquary, ostrich egg with silver gilt, late 15th-early 16th c. Tournai, MRAH Ag. 319
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King Henry VI (Henry of Windsor, as saint?) with orb and scepter, antelope at feet, late 15th-early 16th c., lead alloy, MoL 97.22
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Niccolò di Giovanni da Borgo Sansepolcro c.1498-1500, copper silvered/gilt reliquary SS. Lorentino/Pergentino, Arezzo MS. For other views see Arezzo Museums.