Relic of St. Januarius

c. 1045
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This bone is a nearly complete ankle joint (talus).

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This relic is housed in the portable altar commissioned by Countess Gertrude of Brunswick, which is one of the Guelph Treasure’s earliest and most sumptuous objects.
Relic of St. Januarius

Relic of St. Januarius

c. 1045

Germany, Lower Saxony?, Romanesque period, 11th century

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