The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of March 26, 2023

Relic of St. Marcian

c. 1045

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Germany, Lower Saxony?, Romanesque period, 11th century

Plain weave green silk with an extant selvage

Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust 1931.462.h

Location

106C Medieval Treasury

Fun Fact

X-rays revealed no solid material is wrapped in this piece of cloth.

Description

This relic is in the portable altar that was commissioned by Countess Gertrude of Brunswick, one of the Guelph Treasure’s earliest and most sumptuous objects.

Citations
The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958. Mentioned: cat. no. 95 archive.org
May, Sally Ruth, Jane Takac, and Barbara J. Bradley. Knockouts: A Pocket Guide. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2001. Reproduced: no. 19, p. 24
Mikolic, Amanda. Worshiping in Place through Art: The Hidden Gems of the Portable Altar of Countess Gertrude. Cleveland Museum of Art The Thinker Blog on Medium. July 16, 2020. medium.com
Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1931.462.h