Relic of St. Januarius

Cleveland Museum of Art

Relic of St. Januarius

Date
c. 1045
Medium
Bone
Culture
Germany, Lower Saxony?, Romanesque period, 11th century
Department
Medieval Art
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID
299106

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This relic is housed in the portable altar commissioned by Countess Gertrude of Brunswick, which is one of the Guelph Treasure’s earliest and most sumptuous objects. This bone is a nearly complete ankle joint (talus).

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Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust

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