File:Flemish - Shrine of Saint Amandus - Walters 539 - Three Quarter.jpg
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Summary
Shrine of Saint Amandus
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Anonymous (Flemish) |
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| Title |
Shrine of Saint Amandus |
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| Description |
English: This large, church-shaped shrine once housed the relics of a 7th-century saint who served as a missionary and bishop to the western regions of present-day Belgium. St. Amandus (d. 679) also established a monastery at Elnon, near Tournai (western Belgium), where the monks later commissioned this reliquary to honor his remains. The shrine of St. Amandus, ornamented with silver columns and gilded apostles, was the focus of a strong local cult, visited by pilgrims who came for healing or in thanks for prayers answered. Given its large size and popularity, the shrine was probably placed upon a platform supported by columns behind the main altar for year-round veneration. |
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| Date | early 13th century, with later additions (Middle Ages) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | wood (oak), gilded copper, silver, brass, champlevé enamel, cloisonné enamel, rock crystal and semiprecious stones | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | H at top of finials: 19 1/4 x W: 25 1/4 x D: 11 15/16 in. (48.9 x 64.14 x 30.32 cm) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Accession number |
53.9 |
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| Place of creation | Elnone Monastery in Tournai, Belgium | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Exhibition history | Reliquaries and Ritual: Medieval Objects of Devotion. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1984-1985. The Book of Kings: Art, War, and the Morgan Library's Medieval Picture Bible. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore; Academy of the Arts, Easton, Easton; Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton; The Mitchell Gallery, Annapolis; Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown. 2002. The Special Dead: A Medieval Reliquary Revealed. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. 2008-2009. Treasures of Heaven. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland; The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore; The British Museum, London. 2010-2011. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Credit line | Acquired by Henry Walters, 1930 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Inscriptions | [Transcription] In black enamel on gilt copper strips placed along the base of the roof-like lid: IN ISTA CAPSA SVNT SEQVENTES RELIQ(VIA)E B(EATI) AMANDI EP(ISCOPU)S; [Translation] In this reliquary are the following relics of the blessed Bishop Amandus; [Transcription] In black enamel on gilt copper strip placed along the base of the roof-like lid: PROESENTIS COMPOSITIVS | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Walters Art Museum:  Home page  Info about artwork |
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