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Although technically an incense burner, this container was used from at least 1283 to hold the relic of the Holy Blood, which had been sent to Venice from Constantinople. Although the later addition of the crosses to the domes give the reliquary the…

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Rectangular bronze scoop, with socket on back for a handle. On the sides are two dolphins with arching tails attached to the scoop by rods round in section. Rising from the tails of the dolphins is an arch framing a cross, forming the…

Obv. elephant standing r.; symbol below.
Rev. humped bull standing r.; symbol below [same symbol as on obverse].

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Block of grayish-white marble, upper left corner damaged. Below the inscription there is a blank space of 0.115 m; separated by a blank space of 0.16 m, it is preceded by no. 310. For further details, see Gauthier, pl. XII (drawing of…

Interior of the Limburg Staurotheke. Staurotheke comes from the Greek meaning “container of the cross.” This reliquary was made in Constantinople in the 10th century. It currently resides in Limburg in Germany. The large cross at the center of the…

Both reliquary and regalia for the coronation of the Holy Roman Emperors as kings of Italy, the crown is now kept at the Cathedral of Monza near Milan. Dating to the 4th or 5th century, the crown is made of gold and gemstones around a band that,…