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Shrine of the sons of Burgundian King Sigismund. On the narrow side Saint Maurice,martyred on the site of the abbey in the 3rd CE; He is shown, not as a Roman officer, but as a medieval knight in armour. Chased silver, gilt.
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Shrine of the sons of Burgundian King Sigismund. On the narrow side Saint...

Reliquary of the sons of Burgundian King Sigismund, Saints Giskald and Gundebald.The shrine is also dedicated to Saint Maurice,martyred on the site of the abbey in the third century CE. The archangel Raphael, from the roof of the shrine. Chased silver,gilt.
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Reliquary of the sons of Burgundian King Sigismund, Saints Giskald and Gunde...

Reliquary of the sons of Burgundian King Sigismund, Saints Giskald and Gundebald.The shrine is also dedicated to Saint Maurice,martyred on the site of the abbey in the third century CE.The archangel Gabriel from the roof of the shrine. Chased silver,gilt.
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Reliquary of the sons of Burgundian King Sigismund, Saints Giskald and Gunde...

Reliquary of the sons of Burgundian King Sigismund, Saints Giskald and Gundebald.The shrine is also dedicated to Saint Maurice,martyred on the site of the abbey in the third century CE.The archangel Michael from the roof of the shrine. Chased silver,gilt.
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Reliquary of the sons of Burgundian King Sigismund, Saints Giskald and Gunde...

Reliquary of the sons of Burgundian King Sigismund, Saints Giskald and Gundebald.The shrine is also dedicated to Saint Maurice,martyred on the site of the abbey in the third century CE. An angel from the roof of the shrine. Chased silver,gilt.
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Reliquary of the sons of Burgundian King Sigismund, Saints Giskald and Gund...

Alexander the Great (356-323 BCE) on a throne supported by griffins. From the mosaic floor of the cathedral of Otranto, southern Italy. The cathedral was built under Roger, Norman Duke of Apulia, and consecrated in 1088. The mosaic floor was completed in 1166. See also 40-11-24/36-46
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Alexander the Great (356-323 BCE) on a throne supported by griffins. From the m...

Group of Blessed, from the Last Judgement tympanon, Sainte-Foy Church, Conques.
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Group of Blessed, from the Last Judgement tympanon, Sainte-Foy Church, Conqu...

St. Martin in Zillis, Switzerland. The Romanesque church of 1130-1140 is built over an early Christian basilica of the 5th and a Carolingian church of around 800.
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St. Martin in Zillis, Switzerland. The Romanesque church of 1130-1140 is b...

King David (top); Saint Joseph's doubts (bottom). The panels forming the border of the ceiling of St. Martin's church, Zillis, show water and fantastic water creatures, just as medieval maps show the earth surrounded by the sea. 1109-1114
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King David (top); Saint Joseph's doubts (bottom). The panels forming the...

Church in Negrentino, Switzerland
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Church in Negrentino, Switzerland

So-called "Imervard-Cross", a version of the Italian "Volto Santo" Cross from Lucca, where Christ is not depicted as the suffering redeemer, but as Christ-King in ceremonial robe and gold belt. Oakwood, mid-12th
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So-called "Imervard-Cross", a version of the Italian "Volto Santo" Cross from...

Head of a prince (?) Limestone
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Head of a prince (?) Limestone