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relic
Object Type
relic
Museum number
1902,0625.1.e
Description
Textile relic bundle with label: relic of St Christopher. Part of portable altar (1902,0625.1).
Cultures/periods
Late Medieval
Production date
1190-1200
Production place
Made in:
Lower Saxony (state)
(?)
Made in:
Koblenz (Rhineland Palatinate)
(?)
Materials
textile
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references
Dalton 1909 / Catalogue of the Ivory Carvings of the Christian Era with Examples of Mohammedan Art and Carvings in Bone in the Department of British and Mediaeval Antiquities and Ethnography of the British Museum
(69)
Location
On display
(G40/dc4)
Exhibition history
Exhibited: 2011 23 June-9 Oct, London, BM, 'Treasures of Heaven'
Subjects
saint/martyr
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Durlacher Bros
Previous owner
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Conte C W de Renesse-Briedbach
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Sellières
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Thomas David Gibson Carmichael, 1st Baron Carmichael
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Prince Pierre Soltykoff
Acquisition date
1902
Department
Britain, Europe and Prehistory
Registration number
1902,0625.1.e