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Portable Altar

ca. 1200 (made)
Place of origin
Germany (made)

Object details

Object type
Portable altar
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Altar
  • Lid
Materials and techniques
Enamel
Gallery label
RELIQUARY
In the form of a portable altar.
Champlevé enamel on copper gilt on a foundation of oak. On the top, the Crucifixion, with figures representing the Church and the Synagogue; round the side, the twelve Apostles.
North German; late 12th century
Bibliographic references
  • Swarzenski, Hanns and Nancy Netzer, with a technical note by Pamela England. Catalogue of medieval objects: enamels and glass. Boston, MA., Museum of Fine Arts, 1986. ISBN: 0878462740
  • Von Falke, Otto and Heinrich Frauberger. Deutsche Schmelzarbeiten des Mittelalters, und andere Kunstwerke der Kunst-Historischen Ausstellung zu Düsseldorf, 1902. Frankfurt am Main: J. Baer, 1904.
  • Reeve, John, ed. Sacred: books of the three faiths: Judaism, Christianity, Islam. Catalogue of the exhibition held at the British Library, London, 27 April - 23 September 2007. London: British Library, 2007. ISBN: 9780712349550
  • Brandt, Michael. 'Schatzkunst aus Hildesheim. Die Sammlung des Advokaten Franz Engelke (1778-1856)'. In: Zeitschrift des Deutschen Vereins für Kunstwissenschaft, vol. 42, no.2 (1988), pp. 11-38.
  • Campbell, Marian. An Introduction to Medieval Enamels. London: HMSO, 1983. ISBN 0112903851
  • Kemper, Dorothee. Die Hildesheimer Emailarbeiten des 12. und 13. Jahrhunderts. Mit einer kommentierten Edition der Inschriften von Clemens M.M. Bayer. Regensburg: Schnell & Steiner / Hildesheim: Bernward Mediengesellschaft, 2020. ISBN 9783795433406
Collection
Metalwork Collection
Accession number
4524:2-1858

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Record createdNovember 20, 2007
Record URL
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