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accession number:	1931.462.i
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1931.462.i
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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
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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
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culture:	Germany, Lower Saxony?, Romanesque period, 11th century
technique:	Compound weave or samite
department:	Medieval Art
collection:	MED - Romanesque
type:		Metalwork
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fun fact:
An x-ray revealed only small specks of solid material among this wrapped bundle.

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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.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook.</em> 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. <em>Knockouts: A Pocket Guide. </em>Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2001.
	page number: 	Reproduced: no. 19, p. 24
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	Mikolic, Amanda. <em>Worshiping in Place through Art: The Hidden Gems of the Portable Altar of Countess Gertrude. </em>Cleveland Museum of Art The Thinker Blog on Medium. July 16, 2020.
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	url:		https://medium.com/cma-thinker/worshiping-in-place-through-art-the-hidden-gems-of-the-portable-altar-of-countess-gertrude-48f9457d9cc5

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