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relic-cloth / label

• Object type

  • relic-cloth
  • label

• Museum number

  1850,1127.1.d

• Description

  Fragment of cloth that enclosed the relics of St Eucharius, Bishop of Trèves, found in the head reliquary of St Eustace; original vellum label.

• Date

  • 1210 (circa)

• Production place

  • Made in: Germany
  • (Europe,Germany)

• Findspot

  • Found/Acquired: Basel Cathedral
  • (Europe,Switzerland,Basel-Stadt,Basel,Basel Cathedral)

• Materials

  • vellum
  • cotton (?)

• Inscriptions

  • • Inscription Type

      inscription

    • Inscription Position

      label

    • Inscription Language

      Latin

    • Inscription Translation

      St Eucharius, Bishop of Trèves

• 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

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• Location

  Not on display

• Exhibition history

  Exhibited:
  2010-2011 17 Oct-6 Jan, Ohio, Cleveland Museum of Art, 'Treasures of Heaven'
  2001 30 Nov-2002 24 Feb, Germany, Munich, Bavarian National Museum, Der Basler Münsterschatz
  2001 13 Jul-21 Oct, Switzerland, Basel, Historisches Museum, Der Basler Münsterschatz
  2001 26 Feb-27 May, USA, New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Treasures of the Basel Cathedral

• Associated names

  • Named in inscription: St Eucharius
  • Associated with: St Eustace

• Acquisition name

  • Purchased from: William Forrest
  • Previous owner/ex-collection: George Samuel Isaacs

• Acquisition date

  1850

• Department

  Britain, Europe and Prehistory

• Registration number

  1850,1127.1.d