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{
    "localId": "299099",
    "label": "Relic of St. Adelaide",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object"
}

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    "id": "299099",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Relic of St. Adelaide",
    "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.",
    "date": "c. 1045",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1931.462.e",
    "rights": "CC0",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "wikidata": [
        "Q79872573"
    ],
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Metalwork"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1931.462.e/1931.462.e_web.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1931.462.e/1931.462.e_web.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1931.462.e/1931.462.e_web.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "cul": [
        "Germany, Lower Saxony?, Romanesque period, 11th century"
    ],
    "accession": "1931.462.e"
}

{
    "tec": "bone, plain weave blue silk",
    "tombstone": "Relic of St. Adelaide, c. 1045. Germany, Lower Saxony?, Romanesque period, 11th century. Bone, plain weave blue silk. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust, 1931.462.e",
    "collection": "MED - Romanesque",
    "didYouKnow": "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.",
    "citations": [
        {
            "citation": "The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook.</em> Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.",
            "page_number": "Mentioned: cat. no. 95",
            "url": "https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n31"
        },
        {
            "citation": "May, Sally Ruth, Jane Takac, and Barbara J. Bradley. <em>Knockouts: A Pocket Guide. </em>Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2001.",
            "page_number": "Reproduced: no. 19, p. 24"
        },
        {
            "citation": "Mikolic, Amanda. <em>Worshiping in Place through Art: The Hidden Gems of the Portable Altar of Countess Gertrude. </em>Cleveland Museum of Art The Thinker Blog on Medium. July 16, 2020.",
            "url": "https://medium.com/cma-thinker/worshiping-in-place-through-art-the-hidden-gems-of-the-portable-altar-of-countess-gertrude-48f9457d9cc5"
        }
    ],
    "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1931.462.e",
    "creditline": "Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 08:52:46.436000",
    "imageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1931.462.e/1931.462.e_print.jpg",
    "sourceId": 299099,
    "dept": "Medieval Art",
    "coll": "MED - Romanesque",
    "med": "bone, plain weave blue silk",
    "thumbnail_url": null,
    "image_url": null
}

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