Tower Reliquary with Eight Apostles and the Symbols of the Four Evangelists

German

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 304

Inscriptions identify eight of Jesus’ apostles: Simon, Philip, Matthew, Andrew, Peter, John, James, and Paul. A large number of relics, often in the form of bone or textile fragments associated with a holy figure, were housed in such containers. In the 1200s, the city of Cologne became the primary center in Germany for the production of bone caskets made in a variety of shapes.

Tower Reliquary with Eight Apostles and the Symbols of the Four Evangelists, Bone, gilt copper alloy, wood core, German

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Tower Reliquary with Eight Apostles and the Symbols of the Four Evangelists, Bone, gilt copper alloy, wood core, German
Tower Reliquary with Eight Apostles and the Symbols of the Four Evangelists, Bone, gilt copper alloy, wood core, German
Tower Reliquary with Eight Apostles and the Symbols of the Four Evangelists, Bone, gilt copper alloy, wood core, German
Tower Reliquary with Eight Apostles and the Symbols of the Four Evangelists, Bone, gilt copper alloy, wood core, German
Tower Reliquary with Eight Apostles and the Symbols of the Four Evangelists, Bone, gilt copper alloy, wood core, German
Tower Reliquary with Eight Apostles and the Symbols of the Four Evangelists, Bone, gilt copper alloy, wood core, German
Tower Reliquary with Eight Apostles and the Symbols of the Four Evangelists, Bone, gilt copper alloy, wood core, German
Tower Reliquary with Eight Apostles and the Symbols of the Four Evangelists, Bone, gilt copper alloy, wood core, German
Tower Reliquary with Eight Apostles and the Symbols of the Four Evangelists, Bone, gilt copper alloy, wood core, German
Tower Reliquary with Eight Apostles and the Symbols of the Four Evangelists, Bone, gilt copper alloy, wood core, German
Tower Reliquary with Eight Apostles and the Symbols of the Four Evangelists, Bone, gilt copper alloy, wood core, German
Tower Reliquary with Eight Apostles and the Symbols of the Four Evangelists, Bone, gilt copper alloy, wood core, German
Tower Reliquary with Eight Apostles and the Symbols of the Four Evangelists, Bone, gilt copper alloy, wood core, German
Tower Reliquary with Eight Apostles and the Symbols of the Four Evangelists, Bone, gilt copper alloy, wood core, German

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