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Arm Reliquary of the Apostles, c. 1190. gilt silver, champlevé enamel, oak, Overall: 51 x 14 x 9.2 cm (20 1/16 x 5 1/2 x 3 5/8 in.). Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust, 1930.739. CC0.
Arm Reliquary of the Apostles
c. 1190
Maker Unknown
Medieval Art
Arm Reliquary of the Apostles, c. 1190. Germany, Lower Saxony, Hildesheim, Romanesque period, late 12th century. Gilt silver, champlevé enamel, oak; overall: 51 x 14 x 9.2 cm (20 1/16 x 5 1/2 x 3 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust 1930.739 Reliquaries were prized not for the opulence that you see, but for the items that they held. They enshrined items associated with saints, like a piece of clothing they wore or a small portion of their remains. In this case, an arm bone is encased within.