The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 20, 2025

Plaque from a Reliquary Shrine

c. 1170

Germany, Rhine Valley, Cologne, Romanesque period, 12th century

gilded copper; champlevé and cloisonné enamel
Overall: 2.7 x 7.2 cm (1 1/16 x 2 13/16 in.)
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1961.27
Location: 106C Medieval Treasury

Description

These decorative enamel plaques (1953.274, 1953.638, 1957.502, and 1961.27) have been linked to some of Cologne's most important reliquary shrines, namely the shrine of the Three Kings at Cologne Cathedral and the shrines of Saints Maurinus and Albinus in the Benedictine abbey church of Saint Panteleon.
  • (Adolph Loewi, Los Angeles).
  • {{cite web|title=Plaque from a Reliquary Shrine|url=false|author=|year=c. 1170|access-date=20 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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