Plaque from a Chasse for Relics of Saint Thomas Becket
https://clevelandart.org/art/1951.449
On December 29, 1170, Archbishop Thomas Becket was brutally murdered in Canterbury Cathedral. The immediate popularity of Becket’s cult is reflected in the large number of enamel reliquaries produced in late 12th- and early 13th-century Limoges workshops to house relics associ...
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1951.449
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Enamel
Department
Medieval Art
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