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| Keywords: German - Oval Reliquary - Walters 536 - Side A.jpg One or more relics were originally displayed behind the open grillwork of this unusual reliquary which was meant to be hung perhaps above the altar This type of pointed oval reliquary is extremely rare and only one other example is know to still exist in Vienna Austria Kunsthistorisches Museum middle Other date century 14 Medieval copper with gold gilding and semiprecious stones over a wooden core cm 4 3 16 1 13 7 accession number 53 6 26101 The Benedictine Monastery of Zwiefalten Wurtemburg Henry Walters Baltimore date of acquisition unknown by purchase Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters Reliquaries and Ritual Medieval Objects of Devotion The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1984-1985 place of origin Swabia Germany Walters Art Museum license Medieval metalwork in the Walters Art Museum German art in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
