Reliquary chest
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- "A chasse, châsse or box reliquary is a shape commonly used in medieval metalwork for reliquaries and other containers. To the modern eye the form resembles a house, though a tomb or church was more the intention, with an oblong base, straight sides and two sloping top faces meeting at a central ridge, often marked by a raised strip and decoration. From the sides there are therefore triangular "gable" areas.
The casket usually stands on straight stumpy feet, and there is a hinged opening to allow access, either one of the panels, but not on the front face, or the wooden bottom; there is usually a lock. The shape possibly developed from a similar shape of sarcophagus that goes back to Etruscan art, or from Early Medieval Insular art, where there are a number of house-shaped shrines, reliquaries or cumdachs ("book-shrines"), with similar shapes. The Monymusk Reliquary is typical of these, having four sloping panels above, so no "gables". A 13th-century example of the fully-sloping type is the chasse of Saint Exupère in Limoges enamel (see gallery of images, below). The word derives, via the French châsse, from the Latin capsa, meaning "box"." - (en.wikipedia.org 15.01.2022)
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Schwurkästchen
Dieses Schwurkästchen des...
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Image: Städtische Museen Tangermünde - RR-F -
Reliquienkästchen aus Limoges
Das hausförmige...
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Image: Dom- und Diözesanmuseum im Historischen Museum der Pfalz, Speyer - CC BY-NC-ND -
Rosettenkästchen
Seinen Gattungsnamen verdankt...
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Image: Stadtmuseum im Gelben Haus Esslingen - CC BY-NC-SA -
Spätbarocker Reliquienschrein
Hölzerner Reliquienbehälter,...
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Image: Hardtmuseum / Musée de la Hardt Durmersheim - CC BY-NC-SA -
Reliquienbehälter aus Lichtenthal
Mantelförmiges Stoffträger...
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Image: Hardtmuseum / Musée de la Hardt Durmersheim - CC BY-NC-SA
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