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Christmas

CHRISTMAS

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Compendium Jesus Christ

COMPENDIUM JESUS CHRIST

Cult Objects and Reliquaries

CULT OBJECTS AND RELIQUARIES

Eucharist

EUCHARIST

Mary Magdalen

MARY MAGDALEN

Mary, Mother of Christ

MARY, MOTHER OF CHRIST

Orthodox

ORTHODOX

Passion of Jesus Christ

PASSION OF JESUS CHRIST

Prayer, Worship and Rituals

PRAYER, WORSHIP AND RITUALS

Saints

SAINTS

The Gospels, Acts of the Apostles etc. (New Testament)

THE GOSPELS, ACTS OF THE APOSTLES ETC. (NEW TESTAMENT)

Trinity

TRINITY

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0310000246 The Lothar, or Susanna Crystal, c855-c869. The rock crystal is engraved with scenes of the story of Susanna as recorded in the Apocrypha. Each scene is accompanied by an inscription drawn from the Vulgate. In the first four scenes Susanna is shown accosted by the elders, falsely accused and convicted of adultery. The last scenes show the elders being questioned by Daniel, condemned for false witness and executed. The final scene shows Susanna declared innocent. The figures are executed in the energetic figural style known as the Rheims style which derived from manuscript drawings such as the Utrecht Psalter. According to an inscription engraved on the crystal it was engraved for Lothar, 'King of the Franks', most probably Lothar II of Lotharingia (AD 855-69).The crystal is framed in a fifteenth-century gilded copper frame. M&ME, 1855.12-1.5
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0310000246 The Lothar, or Susanna Crystal, c855-c869. The rock crystal is engra...

The Tring Tiles, Medieval, c1325. Set of outstanding tiles with images drawn from apocryphal legends from the 'unofficial' life of Christ. Most contain two scenes, and can be read like a comic strip, although missing scenes disturb the continuity of the stories; a tile showing the reaping of corn miraculously multiplied to a vast amount is combined with an unconnected incident. Other tiles concentrate on the charity and wisdom of Jesus. They probably decorated a wall rather than a floor, and the sgraffito design may indicate that they were produced at Tring in Hertfordshire where this technique was popular on pottery. M&ME, 1922,4-12,1-8
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The Tring Tiles, Medieval, c1325. Set of outstanding tiles with images drawn fro...

0310000104 Monumental brass of an unknown bishop, Medieval, c1375-c1400. Fragment of a monumental brass with the head of an unknown bishop within an ornate architectural canopy. His mitre and the hook of his crosier are studded with jewels and depicted with great attention to detail. The crosier contains the Agnus Dei (the Lamb of God), the symbol of St John the Baptist, who may be the bishop's patron saint. Above the bishop, his soul is represented by a naked, mitred figure which is being received by Abraham in a length of cloth. To the left and right are angels with candles and the figures of St Peter (left), St Paul (right), and probably St John the Evangelist (far left) and another male saint with a sword, possibly St Matthew. The brass comes from Flanders, or possibly France. M&ME, 1853,2-21,1
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0310000104 Monumental brass of an unknown bishop, Medieval, c1375-c1400. Fragme...

0310000102 Portable altar, Medieval, from Germany, c1200. Portable altar engraved with the four symbols of the Evangelists and Saints Peter, Andrew, Stephen and Lawrence. Above the altar-stone, (likely to be a variety of Purbeck marble), there is an ivory of the Crucifixion and below it the Virgin and Child enthroned with two bishop saints. To either side is a miniature under crystal, of Saints Godehard (right) and Bernard (left), both bishops of Hildesheim. Beneath the ivory of the Virgin and Child is an inscription 'THIDERICVS. ABBAS. III. DEDIT', which reveals the identity of the patron as Theodoric, the third abbot of his name, possibly Abbot Theodoric who was abbot at Godehardiklosters, Hildesheim, Germany. In a cavity beneath are relics of saints. M&ME, 1902,6-25,1
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0310000102 Portable altar, Medieval, from Germany, c1200. Portable altar engrav...

The evangelists of Cappadocia: Saint Gregory Nazianus, Saint John Chrysostomus, Saint Basil the Great.
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The evangelists of Cappadocia: Saint Gregory Nazianus, Saint John Chrysostomus,...

Porcelain ice-pail, French, 1811. This porcelain ice-pail, with its elephant heads, formed part of a gift made on 5 May 1812 to the Emperor Francis I of Austria from his son-in-law Napoleon I. In a small composition by Jean-François Robert, Napoleon himself, with the Empress Marie-Louise, can be seen in the landau carriage in front of the Château of Saint-Cloud.The pail originally had metal liners intended to hold ice-cream, surrounded by crushed ice. The elephant heads suggest something of a Rococo fantasy, but the gilt ground and patterns of matt gilded decoration are firmly in the Empire style, reflecting the splendour and luxury of the Napoleonic court. M&ME, 1985,12-3,1-2
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Porcelain ice-pail, French, 1811. This porcelain ice-pail, with its elephant hea...

The Hexham Plaque, Anglo-Saxon, 7th-8th CE. Silver incised from both sides in a linear fashion showing a figure with a halo and hands linked over a panel with two small crosses. He is probably wearing the robes of a bishop and holding a bible. The plaque was discovered in the 19th century in Hexham, Northumberland. M&ME,1858,8-14,1
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The Hexham Plaque, Anglo-Saxon, 7th-8th CE. Silver incised from both sides in a...

Gold and enamel reliquary cross. Byzantine, early 11th. This reverse of the cross depicts the Virgin Mary standing with her hands before her chest in an attitude of prayer. To her right is a bust of Saint Basil the Great, to her left a bust of Saint Gregory Thaumaturgus. The enamel is "Senkschmelz", "sunken enamel" and the colours are a rich mixture of translucent blues, greens and browns with opaque white, blacks, blues and reds. From the Great Palace in Constantinopel. M&ME, 1965,6-4.1
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Gold and enamel reliquary cross. Byzantine, early 11th. This reverse of the cro...

St Demetrius, soldier saint, within a gold and enamel pendant reliquary, Byzantine, 13th century. St Demetrius lying in his shrine in the church of his name at Thessaloniki. The enamelled panel with the saint is actually a hinged flap which opens to reveal a gold effigy of the saint and a place for his relics. M&ME, 1926,4-9,1
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St Demetrius, soldier saint, within a gold and enamel pendant reliquary, Byzanti...

Reliquary Angel 14th century; punch of Toulouse Gilded silver; face painted MR 551
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Reliquary Angel 14th century; punch of Toulouse Gilded silver; face painted M...

Reliquary Angel 15th Century; France gilded silver, face painted MR 550
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Reliquary Angel 15th Century; France gilded silver, face painted MR 550

Portable icon: The Transfiguration of Christ Around 1200 or beginning of the 13th century; Constantinople Mosaic ML 145
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Portable icon: The Transfiguration of Christ Around 1200 or beginning of the 13...