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Source Description
This bag was originally inside of the portable altar commissioned by Countess Gertrude of Brunswick, one of the Guelph Treasure’s earliest and most sumptuous objects.
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Document identity
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112879
label
Reliquary bag with lions
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obj
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object
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1
Source metadata
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112879
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object
title
Reliquary bag with lions
description
This bag was originally inside of the portable altar commissioned by Countess Gertrude of Brunswick, one of the Guelph Treasure’s earliest and most sumptuous objects.
date
late 1100s-1300s
rights
CC0
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q80005358
genreSpecific
Textile
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Average: 8 x 36.9 cm (3 1/8 x 14 1/2 in.)
cul
Spain, probably Almeria
accession
1931.462.c
Source extras
tec
cloth d’areste, weft-faced lozenge twill variant: silk and gold thread
tombstone
Reliquary bag with lions, late 1100s-1300s. Spain, probably Almeria. Cloth d’areste, weft-faced lozenge twill variant: silk and gold thread; average: 8 x 36.9 cm (3 1/8 x 14 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust, 1931.462.c
collection
T - Islamic
formerAccessionNumbers
1931.462j
didYouKnow
This silk bag originally held bits of mummified flesh or tissue which was labeled as being from Saint Bartholomew.
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
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
Bagnoli, Martina. <em>Treasures of heaven: saints, relics, and devotion in medieval Europe</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 2010.
citation
Mackie, Louise W. <em>Symbols of Power: Luxury Textiles from Islamic Lands, 7th-21st Century</em>. Cleveland; New Haven: Cleveland Museum of Art; Yale University Press, 2015.
page_number
Reproduced: P. 185, fig. 5.15; Mentioned: P. 184
creditline
Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust
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2026-05-29 05:56:51.975000
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112879
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Textiles
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T - Islamic
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cloth d’areste, weft-faced lozenge twill variant: silk and gold thread
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