Reliquary Reliquary Holder, The tapered box has a diamond-shaped hatch on both sides on the right and left, between which, in deepened relief, four-legged animals are placed behind an almost symmetrical, circular braid motif of snakes, which is on one side of the box each have a wing. On the lid winged mythical animals are placed on one side and on the other a motif of tendrils. The handle consists of an openwork tendril motif. The lid is attached to the lower part by means of a retractable pin (object consists of three parts), ornament derived from animal forms, animal interlace, ornament
Reliquary Reliquary Holder, The tapered box has a diamond-shaped hatch on both sides on the right and left, between which, in deepened relief, four-legged animals are placed behind an almost symmetrical, circular braid motif of snakes, which is on one side of the box each have a wing. On the lid winged mythical animals are placed on one side and on the other a motif of tendrils. The handle consists of an openwork tendril motif. The lid is attached to the lower part by means of a retractable pin (object consists of three parts), ornament derived from animal forms, animal interlace, ornament, fabulous animals (sometimes wrongly called 'grotesques'), 'Mostri' (Ripa), Joseph Désiré de Lupus, anonymous, Norway (possibly), c. 1125, h cm × w cm × d cm
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