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- A reliquary (also referred to as a shrine, by the French term châsse, and historically also referred to as a phylactery) is a container for relics. A portable...
- The Limburg Staurotheke (from Gr**** σταυρός stauros, "cross" and θήκη theke "container") is an example of a Byzantine reliquary, one of the best surviving...
- The Fieschi Morgan Staurotheke is a small reliquary designed to hold a relic of the true cross, it is 1 1/16 x 4 1/16 x 2 13/16 inches (2.7 x 10.3 x 7...
- enamelers to the German church. Many famous examples of Byzantine enamel are staurothekes, relics containing fragments of the True Cross, which were greatly prized...
- Calligraphic Galleon Carp and Pine Chair of Reniseneb Fieschi Morgan Staurotheke Hounds and Jackals The Unicorn Tapestries Hunting of Birds with a Hawk...
- of: the relic of the True Cross, known as the Illustrious Relic; the staurotheke, an 11th-century silver-plated wooden casket, the original case to the...
- Calligraphic Galleon Carp and Pine Chair of Reniseneb Fieschi Morgan Staurotheke Hounds and Jackals The Unicorn Tapestries Hunting of Birds with a Hawk...
- Mark's Basilica in Venice, and a well-known enamelled cross reliquary (staurotheke [fr]) at Limburg Cathedral in Germany. Another reliquary containing the...
- Calligraphic Galleon Carp and Pine Chair of Reniseneb Fieschi Morgan Staurotheke Hounds and Jackals The Unicorn Tapestries Hunting of Birds with a Hawk...
- the pieces of the True Cross. Many great works of Byzantine enamel are staurothekes, or relics containing fragments of the True Cross. Other significant...