Reliquary, anonymous, c. 1450 Canvas Print
The object consists of the following cast and noted main parts: the bust with the pedestal, the base under the pedestal and the four lions. The bust represents a bishop, a middle-aged man, with a shaved face, curly hair reaching up to the neck and some locks, which rise above the forehead just below the mitre. The miter covered from above is decorated with bands, which are arranged both along the edges and over the middles towards the miter points. They are provided with engraved tendril ornament or trimmed with cast leafwork. In the resulting tessellation, two rosettes with three large and three small leaves are placed against an engraved shaded background against an engraved shaded background, two small rosettes on the sides and two stylized leaves at the back. At the back of the miter, two slips are hinged. On the transition from bust to pedestal there is an edge with four-pass. Around the neck is a loose engraved and beaten machined band, which is attached to the chest with a six-pointed rosette. The wide octagonal pedestal has a superstructure, which at the bottom consists of vertical planes, then hollow-round and upwards narrowing and upwards and rises obliquely at the top. In the hollow round section, five stones in gilded copper frame are arranged: in the middle an oval chalcedon (?), on the far left and on the left a blue and a green stone or piece of glass. On the far right and right a dark green and a dark red stone or piece of glass. The frame of the chalcedon (?) is trimmed with a cord. In the pedestal there are three round openings at the back and one round opening on the right side, all of which are riveted shut. As can be seen, on the inside, the bust and pedestal are cast as a whole and the stones and rosette are fixed in a coarse way. The pedestal is placed on a largely hollow round profiled base. In it is at the bottom with rivets and with tin (?) -solder a red copper plate with an oval opening placed. On top of it, an eye and a hinge are soldered, to attach the oval flap, which can be closed in the eye with a riveted hook. At the bottom, four lions sitting on their hind legs are placed against the four sides on the corners. They have a grinning expression, richly curly mane and a protruding hair on the front legs. The gilding is partially gone, both at the bottom of the base and at the bottom of the lions. It is noteworthy that the hind legs of the four lions do not touch the ground plane.
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