Wow. Saw this stunning object at the V&A in London.
The Eltenberg Reliquary is a magnificent 12th-century masterpiece of Rhenish Romanesque art - 1180 AD.
Probably used to house sacred relics, e.g. the Eucharist.
Has that Byzantine dome, gilded bronze, exquisitely carved ivory ...
It shows how redundant our views of the Middle Ages as the ‘Dark Ages’, as little more than mud and superstition.
Elephant ivory used to depict the Crucifixion.
Beautiful. Thanks for sharing.
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