The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of April 19, 2024

Relic of St. Adelaide

Relic of St. Adelaide

c. 1045
bone, plain weave blue silk
Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust 1931.462.e
Location: 106C Medieval Treasury

Did You Know?

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.
  • The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958. Mentioned: cat. no. 95 archive.org
    May, Sally Ruth, Jane Takac, and Barbara J. Bradley. Knockouts: A Pocket Guide. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2001. Reproduced: no. 19, p. 24
    Mikolic, Amanda. Worshiping in Place through Art: The Hidden Gems of the Portable Altar of Countess Gertrude. Cleveland Museum of Art The Thinker Blog on Medium. July 16, 2020. medium.com
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