id:			299103
accession number:	1931.462.i
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1931.462.i
updated:		2022-09-10 12:02:15.669000

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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