id: 299103 accession number: 1931.462.i share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1931.462.i updated: Relic Bundle with Saints Stephen, Sophie, Perpetua, Paul, Barnaba, Philip, Simon, Thaddeus, John the Apostle, and James, c. 1045. Germany, Lower Saxony?, Romanesque period, 11th century. Compound weave or samite; The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust 1931.462.i title: Relic Bundle with Saints Stephen, Sophie, Perpetua, Paul, Barnaba, Philip, Simon, Thaddeus, John the Apostle, and James title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1045 creation date earliest: 1040 creation date latest: 1050 current location: 106C Medieval Treasury creditline: Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust copyright: --- culture: Germany, Lower Saxony?, Romanesque period, 11th century technique: Compound weave or samite department: Medieval Art collection: MED - Romanesque type: Metalwork find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: An x-ray revealed only small specks of solid material among this wrapped bundle. digital description: wall description: These relics are housed in the portable altar commissioned by Countess Gertrude of Brunswick, one of the Guelph Treasure’s earliest and most sumptuous objects. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958. page number: Mentioned: cat. no. 95 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n31 May, Sally Ruth, Jane Takac, and Barbara J. Bradley. Knockouts: A Pocket Guide. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2001. page number: Reproduced: no. 19, p. 24 url: Mikolic, Amanda. Worshiping in Place through Art: The Hidden Gems of the Portable Altar of Countess Gertrude. Cleveland Museum of Art The Thinker Blog on Medium. July 16, 2020. page number: url: https://medium.com/cma-thinker/worshiping-in-place-through-art-the-hidden-gems-of-the-portable-altar-of-countess-gertrude-48f9457d9cc5 --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1931.462.i/1931.462.i_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1931.462.i/1931.462.i_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1931.462.i/1931.462.i_full.tif