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This is the so-called Reliquary of Henry I.\r\nAlthough the ornament of the border and the architectural setting have been faithfully reproduced, the facial types of Christ and the disciples clearly betray the relief as the work of a 19th century copyist. In addition Christ's halo has been inadvertently omitted. It is possible that the copyist was working from a plaster cast, examples of which were available before 1865, rather that the original ivory.","physicalDescription":"Carved ivory relief in a metal frame, depicting Christ blessing the Apostles, standing on a stepped podium before canopied structure. 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It is possible that the copyist was working from a plaster cast, examples of which were available before 1865, rather that the original ivory.","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Relief, carved elephant ivory, depicting Christ Blessing the Apostles, a forgery of a late 10th century ivory relief in the Quedlinburg Cathedral treasury, Germany, probably copied mid 19th century","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Longhurst, Margaret H. <font -u>Catalogue of Carvings in Ivory.</font> London: Published under the Authority of the Board of Education, 1927-1929. Part II. p. 126."},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Williamson, Paul. <u>Medieval Ivory Carvings. Early Christian to Romanesque</u>. 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