Plate of a reliquiary with the representation of Peter, Enameled and gilded plate of red copper, rectangular with a triangular point above, coming from a reliquiary, of which it was one of the narrow sides. On an engraved golden ground, with a pattern of Romanesque tendrils, stands the apostle Peter in an arcade in blue enamel over a green robe. Narrow yellow borders run along the fold of the copper lines of the champlevé. He carries the key in the left hand and a book in the right. the face, the hands and the book are saved in red copper and engraved, the bare feet are gilded. The disc-shaped halo is black enamel with a decor of white and yellow discs with a brown-red core. Copper nails serve as part of the case and are visible with heads along the entire edge. Traces of the connection also on the back, namely through a copper cross-band with two double-head rivets., anonymous, Limoges, c. 1200 - c. 1300, copper (metal), gilding, l 16.4 cm × w 9.8 cm × t 0.7 cm × w 232.0 gr
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