Relic Bundle with Saints Stephen, Sophie, Perpetua, Paul, Barnaba, Philip, Simon, Thaddeus, John the Apostle, and James
Unknown Artist
These relics are housed in the portable altar commissioned by Countess Gertrude of Brunswick, one of the Guelph Treasure's earliest and most sumptuous objects.
Credit: Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust
c. 1045
Compound weave or samite
1931.462.i
Image and text: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 2024
Where you'll find this
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Permanent collection