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Source Description
This reliquary panel illustrates Psalm 91, verse 13, “You will tread on the lion and the adder, the young lion and the serpent you will trample under foot.” Christ, shown beardless, tramples upon evil, symbolized by the lion and the serpent. The panel is from the now lost, 11th-century shrine of St. Oda of Amay. It was mounted in its present frame in the 13th century, and relics were placed under the pieces of translucent horn. The only other surviving panel from this shrine is in The British Museum in London.
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5868
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Reliquary Panel of the Triumphant Christ
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object
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5868
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title
Reliquary Panel of the Triumphant Christ
description
This reliquary panel illustrates Psalm 91, verse 13, “You will tread on the lion and the adder, the young lion and the serpent you will trample under foot.” Christ, shown beardless, tramples upon evil, symbolized by the lion and the serpent. The panel is from the now lost, 11th-century shrine of St. Oda of Amay. It was mounted in its present frame in the 13th century, and relics were placed under the pieces of translucent horn. The only other surviving panel from this shrine is in The British Museum in London.
provenance
Hollingworth Magniac, Colworth, Bedford, prior to 1862, by purchase; Charles Magniac, Colworth, 1867, by inheritance; Colworth Collection Sale, Christie's, London, July 4, 1892, no. 494; A. Tollin, Paris [date of acquisition unknown], by purchase; A. Tollin Sale, Hotel Drouot, Paris, May 20, 1897, no. 93; Jacques Seligmann, Paris [date of acquisition unknown], by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, ca. 1900, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
Panel: late 11th century; Frame: 13th century (Medieval)
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CC0
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en
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Gold, Silver & Jewelry
reliquaries
panels (ornament areas)
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1
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1
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import
dimensions
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cm
width
58.5
height
38
depth
5
dimensionsRaw
H: 23 1/16 x W: 14 15/16 x D at metal surface: 1 15/16 in. (58.5 x 38 x 5 cm); D with rock crystal: 2 3/16 in. (5.56 cm)
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Mosan
style
Romanesque
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silver, gilded silver, gilded copper, brass, rock crystal, champleve enamel, horn, textile, parchment, ink
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6498
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MED
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840
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3363
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1
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photo
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