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Back of the Monymusk reliquary

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Postcard of Back of the Monymusk reliquary.
000-190-000-704-C
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Back of the Monymusk reliquary

This portable reliquary, known as the Monymusk Reliquary, is one of Scotland's greatest treasures. It dates from around 750, and was an important object into the Middle Ages. This picture shows the back of the reliquary.

The back is covered with an undecorated sheet of bronze, as are the sides, in contrast to the silver-plated decorated front. The reliquary was meant to be carried by leather straps attached to the sides. Only its front would normally have been seen.


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Online ID: 000-190-000-704-C
Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
Project: 0098: National Museums Scotland
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Ref: National Museums Scotland  H.KE 14
Date: Around 750
c. 700
Material: Bronze, silver, wood
Dimensions: 112 mm x 51 mm x 89 mm
What: Reliquary
Subject: Crucifixes, reliquaries (NMAS Classification)
Who: Abbot Bernard de Linton
Grant of Monymusk
St Columba
Where: Scotland
Scotland, Aberdeenshire, Monymusk
Scotland, Angus, Arbroath Abbey
Event:
Description: Monymusk Reliquary, of wood, bronze and silver decorated with intertwined animals, which may have contained a relic of St Columba, made in eastern Scotland c. 700
References:
  • Calder, Jenni. The wealth of a nation. Edinburgh: National Museums of Scotland and Glasgow: Richard Drew Publishing, 1989, pp 26, 74 
  • Caldwell, D.H. (ed). Angels Nobles and Unicorns: Art and Patronage in Medieval Scotland. Edinburgh: NMS, 1982 
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