Keywords: Bohemian - Reliquary - Walters 57691 - Detail A.jpg This reliquary resembles a miniature Gothic church complete with gargoyles It is crowned by a figure of the Evangelist Luke with his attribute or symbol the ox A relic or small piece of a saint's body would have been contained in a rock crystal cylinder now missing Relics were collected during the Middle Ages They were often the most prized possessions of kings and noblemen and the beginning of many family collections They continued to be collected in the 1600s between 1375 1400 Medieval gilt silver cm 41 12 accession number 57 691 12209 Hollingworth Magniac Colworth Bedfordshire before 1862 by purchase Charles Magniac Colworth 1867 by inheritance Sale Christies London July 2 1892 no 790 Charles Borradaile Brighton by purchase George Robinson Harding London by purchase Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1912 The International Style The Arts in Europe Around 1400 The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1962 For This is My Body The Medieval Missal The Walters Art Museum Baltimore 2006-2007 place of origin Swabia Germany Walters Art Museum license Medieval metalwork in the Walters Art Museum Medieval reliquaries Bohemia Gothic sculptures in Austria |