RELIC CHEST, 18th/19th CENTURY Circular brass reliquary, und - Lot 70

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RELIC CHEST, 18th/19th CENTURY Circular brass reliquary, und - Lot 70
RELIC CHEST, 18th/19th CENTURY Circular brass reliquary, under glass, containing a relic of Saint Mathilde of Ringelheim (c. 895–968), Queen of Germany and wife of Henry I the Fowler, presented against a background of a gilded grid pattern adorned with scrolls and a blue paper rosette, with a handwritten cartouche reading “Sanctæ Mathildis Reginæ.” On the reverse, a red wax seal bearing the episcopal coat of arms—a shield surmounted by a prelate’s miter and a motto on a banner—sealed with silk threads, intact. Probably of Germanic origin. Diameter: 3.7 cm.
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