Tower Reliquary with Eight Apostles and the Symbols of the Four Evangelists, ca. 1200–1250, Made in Cologne, Germany, German, Ivory, gilt copper alloy, wood core, Overall: 9 3/16 x 5 1/2 in. (23.3 x 14 cm), Ivories-Bone, Inscriptions identify eight of Jesus’ apostles: Simon, Philip, Matthew, Andrew, Peter, John, James, and Paul. A large number of relics, often in the form of bone or textile fragments associated with a holy figure, were housed in such containers
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Tower Reliquary, Eight Apostles, Symbols, Four Evangelists, ca, 1200–1250, Cologne, Germany, German, Ivory, gilt copper alloy, wood core, Overall, 9 3/16 x 5 1/2, 23.3 14 cm, Ivories-Bone, Inscriptions identify, eight, Jesus, apostles, Simon, Philip, Matthew, Andrew, Peter, John, James, Paul, large number, relics, form, bone, textile fragments, associated, holy figure, housed, containers
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