Relic of St. Adelaide

c. 1045
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This bone is thought to belong to a finger (metacarpal) although the curve is too prominent for a human. An exact determination can't be made without unwrapping it.

Description

This relic is housed inside of the portable altar commissioned by Countess Gertrude of Brunswick, one of the Guelph Treasure’s earliest and most sumptuous objects.
Relic of St. Adelaide

Relic of St. Adelaide

c. 1045

Germany, Lower Saxony?, Romanesque period, 11th century

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