Tower Reliquary with Eight Apostles and the Symbols of the Four Evangelists ca. 1200–1250 German 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. In the 1200s, the city of Cologne became the primary center in Germany for the production of bone caskets made in a variety of Tower Reliquary with Eight Apostles and the Symbols of the Four Evangelists. German. ca. 1200–1250. Bone, gilt copper all
Tower Reliquary with Eight Apostles and the Symbols of the Four Evangelists ca. 1200–1250 German 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. In the 1200s, the city of Cologne became the primary center in Germany for the production of bone caskets made in a variety of Tower Reliquary with Eight Apostles and the Symbols of the Four Evangelists. German. ca. 1200–1250. Bone, gilt copper alloy, wood core. Made in Cologne, Germany. Bone
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