Tri-Lobed Arch from a Reliquary Shrine, ca. 1200, Made in Cologne, Germany, German, Champlevé enamel on gilded copper, Overall: 4 1/4 x 11 x 1/8 in. (10.8 x 27.9 x 0.3 cm), Enamels-Champlevé, Nicholas of Verdun and Cologne Followers, A massive, golden shrine in Cologne Cathedral contains relics believed to be of the biblical Three Kings who brought gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh to the infant Jesus. The relics were acquired in Milan in 1164, and the goldsmith Nicholas of Verdun was commissioned to create one of the most ambitious reliquaries in Europe
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Tri-Lobed Arch, Reliquary Shrine, ca, 1200, Cologne, Germany, German, Champlevé enamel, gilded copper, Overall, 4 1/4 x 11 1/8, 10.8 27.9 0.3 cm, Enamels-Champlevé, Nicholas of Verdun and Cologne Followers, massive, golden shrine, Cologne Cathedral, contains, relics, believed, biblical Three, Kings, gifts, gold, frankincense, myrrh, infant Jesus, acquired, Milan, 1164, goldsmith Nicholas, Verdun, commissioned, create, ambitious reliquaries, Europe
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