relic
- Museum number
- 1850,1127.1.m
- Description
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Relics; wood and bone; found in the head reliquary of St Eustace.
- Production date
- 1210 (circa)
- Curator's comments
- The existence of the inner wooden head was not discovered until 1956 when the silver case was being cleaned. The relic compartment was then opened, and a number of fragments of bone wrapped in cloth and identified by vellum `relic tituli' were found which had clearly not been disturbed hitherto. The relics were returned to Basle, but the vellum `tituli', cloth fragments and cotton wadding were retained by the Museum.
Found in 1850,1127.1
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1850
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- 1850,1127.1.m
