Tri-Lobed Arch from a Reliquary Shrine ca. 1200 Nicholas of Verdun and Cologne Followers A massive, golden shrine in Cologne Cathedral contains relics believed to be ofthe biblical Three Kings who brought gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh tothe infant Jesus. The relics were acquired in Milan in 1164, and the goldsmithNicholas of Verdun was commissioned to create one of the most ambitiousreliquaries in Europe. This tiny arch, which comes from this important shrine,was removed during nineteenth-century Tri-Lobed Arch from a Reliquary Shrine 467721

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