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The shrine was made between 1181 and 1220 and is one of the largest and most splendid to survive from the Middle Ages.","physicalDescription":"Enamel Plaque. Champleve and cloisonne enamel on copper- gilt. Slightly curved oblong, containing three quatrefoils, two of light blue with a red trefoil in the centre, and with a 12- foil rosette in red white and blue in the middle; the other with a yellow rosette on a dark blue ground and with a 12- foil rosette in the middle; blue and white border. 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Some are modelled in the shape of the relic itself but most are box-shaped or of architectural form. The costliest are of gold and silver, embellished with precious stones, though many are of gilded and enamelled copper, decorated with scenes from the life of the saint. Cathedrals and major churches accumulated large collections of reliquaries, which were formally displayed near the high altar on major feast-days.  Most of those in museum collections no longer contain their relics.","briefDescription":"Copper-gilt with champlevé and cloisonné enamel, possibly Cologne, Germany, ca.1180-1200","bibliographicReferences":[],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[{"text":"Enamel plaques\r\n\r\nThe elaborate floral motifs on these plaques closely resemble some of the decoration on the Three Kings shrine in Cologne Cathedral. The shrine was made between 1181 and 1220 and is one of the largest and most splendid to survive from the Middle Ages.\r\n\r\nPossibly Cologne, Germany, about 1180–1200\r\nCopper gilt, with champlevé and cloisonné\r\nenamel\r\nMuseum nos.M.476 to 484-1956\r\nHildburgh Bequest","date":{"text":"22/11/2005","earliest":"2005-11-22","latest":"2005-11-22"}}],"partNumbers":["M.479-1956"],"accessionNumberNum":"479","accessionNumberPrefix":"M","accessionYear":1956,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":[],"recordModificationDate":"2025-08-14","recordCreationDate":"2005-02-18","availableToBook":false}}