Collection Online as of July 2, 2022

Relic of St. Gregory

c. 1045

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

Bone

Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust 1931.462.k

Location

106C Medieval Treasury

Fun Fact

This bone is a fragment of the proximal tibia or the portion of the shinbone near the top that widens to form the knee joint.

Description

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

Citations

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