Reliquary Reliquary holder in the form of a bust of a bishop, The object consists of the following cast and hammered main parts: the bust with the pedestal, the base under the pedestal and the four lions. The bust represents a bishop, a middle-aged man, with a shaved face, curly hair reaching down to the neck, and a few strands that rise above the forehead just below the miter. The miter, which is covered from above, is adorned with bands that are arranged both along the edges and across the centers towards the miter points. They feature engraved tendrils ornament or trimmed with cast sheet metal. In the thus created surface division, two rosettes with three large and three small leaves are embossed against an engraved hatched background and engraved on the front, two small rosettes on the sides and two stylized leaves on the back. Two slips are hinged to the rear of the miter. At the transition from bust to pedestal there is a border with four steps. Around the neck is a loose engraved and beaten machined band, which is attached to the chest with a six-pointed rosette. The wide octagonal base has a structure, which at the bottom consists of vertical surfaces, then concave and narrowing upwards and inclined at the top. In the concave section there are five stones in gilded copper frame: in the middle an oval chalcedony (?), On the far left and left a blue and a green stone or piece of glass. On the far right and right a dark green and a dark red stone or piece of glass. The frame of the chalcedony (?) Is trimmed with a cord. In the base there are three round openings on the back and one round opening on the right side, all of which are closed. As can be seen on the inside, the bust and pedestal are cast as a whole and the stones and the rosette are attached in a coarse way. The base is placed on a largely hollow, profiled base. A red copper plate with an oval opening has been placed at the bottom with rivets and with tin (?) Solder. An eye and a hinge are soldered t
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