- Period
- Romanesque
- Date
- c. 1170
- Collection
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Object no.
- 1961.27
Plaque from a Reliquary Shrine
Unknown maker, c. 1170
Cleveland Museum of Art · Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund · Public domain
- Maker
- Unknown maker
- Date
- c. 1170
- Medium
- gilded copper; champlevé and cloisonné enamel
- Dimensions
- Overall: 2.7 x 7.2 cm (1 1/16 x 2 13/16 in.)
- Period
- Romanesque
The record
Why it matters
These decorative enamel plaques (1953.274, 1953.638, 1957.502, and 1961.27) have been linked to some of Cologne's most important reliquary shrines, namely the shrine of the Three Kings at Cologne Cathedral and the shrines of Saints Maurinus and Albinus in the Benedictine abbey church of Saint Panteleon.