Relic Collection (#2)

Reliquary of the Holy Crown, 1806
7072617 Reliquary of the Holy Crown, 1806; Musee de Notre Dame de Paris, France; (add.info.: Reliquary of the Holy Crown, 1806, by the goldsmith Jean-Charles Cahier); © Pascal Lemaitre

The Holy Ark being carried in Jerusalem
5307591 The Holy Ark being carried in Jerusalem.; (add.info.: Engraving depicting the Holy Ark being carried in Jerusalem. Absalom's tomb in the background)

Reliquary in rock Christal, 15th century. Firenze, San Lorenzo 563
BEN5474862 Reliquary in rock Christal, 15th century. Firenze, San Lorenzo 563; Photo © Raffaello Bencini

Horse's hoof, 1815 circa (hoof, animal, horse)
5924864 Horse's hoof, 1815 circa (hoof, animal, horse); National Army Museum, London; (add.info.: Horse's hoof, 1815 circa)

Stuffed tabby cat Crimean Tom, 1855 (animal skin, stuffed)
5922105 Stuffed tabby cat Crimean Tom, 1855 (animal skin, stuffed); National Army Museum, London; (add.info.: Stuffed tabby cat Crimean Tom, 1855)

Stuffed tabby cat Crimean Tom, 1855 (animal skin, stuffed)
5920395 Stuffed tabby cat Crimean Tom, 1855 (animal skin, stuffed); National Army Museum, London; (add.info.: Stuffed tabby cat Crimean Tom, 1855)

Bible, Old Testament. Hebrew guides by Joshua carrying the ark of the Covenant to cross the Jordan to the promised
NWI4856452 Bible, Old Testament. Hebrew guides by Joshua carrying the ark of the Covenant to cross the Jordan to the promised lands

Germany, Palatinate Rhenanie, Treve: The interior of the Cathedrale Saint Peter de Treves with the relics of the Holy
LUX4712439 Germany, Palatinate Rhenanie, Treve: The interior of the Cathedrale Saint Peter de Treves with the relics of the Holy Tunic, 1891; (add.info.: Germany, Palatinate Rhenanie)

A priest carrying the ark of the covenant (47), David playing the harp (48)
FLO4707394 A priest carrying the ark of the covenant (47), David playing the harp (48), and a priest carrying the host and the cibber (19)

Stone Age weapons, tools and architecture
3253003 Stone Age weapons, tools and architecture; (add.info.: Stone Age weapons, tools and architecture. From Enciclopedia Ilustrada Segui, published c. 1900)

Photographic print of the rear wall of the feretory
3077798 Photographic print of the rear wall of the feretory; (add.info.: Photographic print of the rear wall of the feretory, a portable shrine containing the relics of a saint)

Sanctuary of the Ark of the Covenant guarded by Angels. 16th century (woodcut from the Bible)
537252 Sanctuary of the Ark of the Covenant guarded by Angels. 16th century (woodcut from the Bible); Universal History Archive/UIG

Leg bone of Lieutenant John Fraser, 1782 (human bone)
5926685 Leg bone of Lieutenant John Fraser, 1782 (human bone); National Army Museum, London; (add.info.: Leg bones of Lieutenant John Fraser, 1782)

Leg bone of Lieutenant John Fraser, 1782 (human bone)
5926683 Leg bone of Lieutenant John Fraser, 1782 (human bone); National Army Museum, London; (add.info.: Leg bones of Lieutenant John Fraser, 1782)

Leg bone of Lieutenant John Fraser, 1782 (human bone)
5926682 Leg bone of Lieutenant John Fraser, 1782 (human bone); National Army Museum, London; (add.info.: Leg bones of Lieutenant John Fraser, 1782)

Lock of Napoleon's hair, 1817 (hair, human)
5926541 Lock of Napoleon's hair, 1817 (hair, human); National Army Museum, London; (add.info.: Lock of Napoleon's hair, 1817)

Iron shot which struck Major-General Frederick Roberts, 1878 (iron)
5924171 Iron shot which struck Major-General Frederick Roberts, 1878 (iron); National Army Museum, London; (add.info.: Iron shot which struck Major-General Sir Frederick Roberts, 1878)

Reliquary in Rock Christal, Detail. 15th century. Firenze, San Lorenzo 565.1
BEN5474834 Reliquary in Rock Christal, Detail. 15th century. Firenze, San Lorenzo 565.1; Photo © Raffaello Bencini

Reliquary of the Holy Crown, 1806
7072615 Reliquary of the Holy Crown, 1806; Musee de Notre Dame de Paris, France; (add.info.: Reliquary of the Holy Crown, 1806, by the goldsmith Jean-Charles Cahier); © Pascal Lemaitre

Reliquary of the Holy Crown, 1806
7072611 Reliquary of the Holy Crown, 1806; Musee de Notre Dame de Paris, France; (add.info.: Reliquary of the Holy Crown, 1806, by the goldsmith Jean-Charles Cahier); © Pascal Lemaitre

Reliquary of the Holy Crown, 1806
7072610 Reliquary of the Holy Crown, 1806; Musee de Notre Dame de Paris, France; (add.info.: Reliquary of the Holy Crown, 1806, by the goldsmith Jean-Charles Cahier); © Pascal Lemaitre

Leg bone of Lieutenant John Fraser, 1782 (human bone)
5926686 Leg bone of Lieutenant John Fraser, 1782 (human bone); National Army Museum, London; (add.info.: Leg bones of Lieutenant John Fraser, 1782)

Horse's hoof, 1815 circa (hoof, animal, horse)
5924865 Horse's hoof, 1815 circa (hoof, animal, horse); National Army Museum, London; (add.info.: Horse's hoof, 1815 circa)

Joshua Leading the Israelites Across the Jordan with the Ark of the Covenant)
ELD4955715 Joshua Leading the Israelites Across the Jordan with the Ark of the Covenant). 19th century (engraving from "the holy history" by Lahure)

Reliquary of the Holy Crown, 1806
7072616 Reliquary of the Holy Crown, 1806; Musee de Notre Dame de Paris, France; (add.info.: Reliquary of the Holy Crown, 1806, by the goldsmith Jean-Charles Cahier); © Pascal Lemaitre

Bronze Age weapons, tools and relics
3253009 Bronze Age weapons, tools and relics; (add.info.: Bronze Age weapons, tools and relics. From Enciclopedia Ilustrada Segui, published c. 1900)

Ancient altars, ark of the Covenant, Chinese musical instrument Ching and King, John Napier's calculating bones
FLO4591091 Ancient altars, ark of the Covenant, Chinese musical instrument Ching and King, John Napier's calculating bones, and ancient arithmetical characters

The "mansiones" in Worcester College; a relic of the Hall of the Benedictine monks (colour litho)
8651206 The "mansiones" in Worcester College; a relic of the Hall of the Benedictine monks (colour litho) by Wildman

Inside, the southern chapel (chapel of St. James?), murals, 1594 (?), scene 5: the count steals the relic
7242663 Inside, the southern chapel (chapel of St. James?), murals, 1594 (?), scene 5: the count steals the relic, all beg him (Philip of Alsace seizes the head; Collegiale Saint-Pierre)

Reliquary of the Holy Crown, 1806
7072618 Reliquary of the Holy Crown, 1806; Musee de Notre Dame de Paris, France; (add.info.: Reliquary of the Holy Crown, 1806, by the goldsmith Jean-Charles Cahier); © Pascal Lemaitre

Leg bone of Lieutenant John Fraser, 1782 (human bone)
5926684 Leg bone of Lieutenant John Fraser, 1782 (human bone); National Army Museum, London; (add.info.: Leg bones of Lieutenant John Fraser, 1782)

Horse's hoof, 1815 circa (hoof, animal, horse)
5924867 Horse's hoof, 1815 circa (hoof, animal, horse); National Army Museum, London; (add.info.: Horse's hoof, 1815 circa)

Rock crystal reliquary. 15th century. Firenze, San Lorenzo 565
BEN5474841 Rock crystal reliquary. 15th century. Firenze, San Lorenzo 565; Photo © Raffaello Bencini

Finding of the three crosses and verification of the Cross, from The stories of the True Cross (fresco)
8683612 Finding of the three crosses and verification of the Cross, from The stories of the True Cross (fresco) by Francesca, Piero della (c.1415-92); Basilica San Francesco, Arezzo, Tuscany

Discovered from the Holy Cross by St. Helene, the events on Golgotha hill and the eveques of Tongeren
ETI4396586 Discovered from the Holy Cross by St. Helene, the events on Golgotha hill and the eveques of Tongeren. Reliquary, circa 1170

Reliquary of Saint Mary Magdalene, Basilica of Vezelay (photography)
6435281 Reliquary of Saint Mary Magdalene, Basilica of Vezelay (photography); Basilica of Sainte-Marie-Madeleine, Vezelay, France; (add.info.: Reliquary of Saint Mary Magdalene)

Holy Ark of the Covenant and siege of misericorde of the Israelites (Hebrew Jewish people)
NWI4856232 Holy Ark of the Covenant and siege of misericorde of the Israelites (Hebrew Jewish people). Colourful engraving of the 19th century.; (add.info)

Arrived in France of the treasure of Saint Louis today Relics of the Holy Chapel
ELD4959566 Arrived in France of the treasure of Saint Louis today Relics of the Holy Chapel, composed of the crown of thorns of Christ, a fragment of the True Cross

Philip III the Hardi transports the relics of his father Louis IX (Saint Louis) to the basilica of Saint Denis
ETI4396197 Philip III the Hardi transports the relics of his father Louis IX (Saint Louis) to the basilica of Saint Denis

Lock of Napoleon's hair, 1817 (hair, human)
5926540 Lock of Napoleon's hair, 1817 (hair, human); National Army Museum, London; (add.info.: Lock of Napoleon's hair, 1817)

Sepulchre of the Venerable Dimitrii Rostovskii with relics, Yakovlevsky Savior... 1911
Sepulchre of the Venerable Dimitrii Rostovskii with relics, Yakovlevsky Savior Monastery, near Rostov Velikii, 1911

Sepulchre with the relics of Saint Evfrosiniia in Saint Eufrosyne Monastery, 1912. From album: Views of the Napoleonic campaign area, Russian Empire

Illustration for History of the First Crusades, 1800. Creator: Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki
Illustration for History of the First Crusades, 1800. Peter Bartholomew finds the Sacred Lance

The Prince inspecting the Sacred Tooth, Kandy, from a sketch by one of our special artists, 1876. Creator: Unknown
The Prince inspecting the Sacred Tooth, Kandy, from a sketch by one of our special artists, 1876. The future King Edward VII in India....the chief priest was an old man

Illustration for Johann Christoph Mayer's History of the Crusades, 1781. Creator: Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki
Illustration for Johann Christoph Mayer's History of the Crusades, 1781. Peter Bartholomew passing through fire with the Holy Lance

The Dalada as it is exhibited for the worship of the Cinghalese, 1876. Creator: Unknown
The Dalada as it is exhibited for the worship of the Cinghalese, 1876. The tooth relic has a long and eventful history, which includes the strong probability that it is not even the tooth which it

The Dalada, or tooth relic of Buddha, and golden lotus flower in the Maligawa Temple, Kandy... 1876 Creator: Unknown
The Dalada, or tooth relic of Buddha, and golden lotus flower in the Maligawa Temple, Kandy, Ceylon, as exhibited to the Prince of Wales, 1876

Saint Veronica with the Veil (image 2 of 2), between c1655 and c1660. Creator: Mattia Preti
Saint Veronica with the Veil (image 2 of 2), between c1655 and c1660

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"Relic: Unveiling the Treasures of History" Embarking on a sacred mission, the valiant Knights Templar set forth to collect precious relics for their nation. Their unwavering determination echoes through time, as they navigate treacherous paths in search of these ancient artifacts. In the midst of battle, brush strokes immortalize The Battle of Montgisard, an epic clash that unfolded on November 25th, 1177. This masterpiece in oil on canvas captures the valor and sacrifice exhibited by warriors who fought for honor and glory. A glimpse into spirituality awaits with The Holy Face, a tempera on wood painting dating back to 1200-1250. Its intricate details evoke reverence and devotion, transporting us to a realm where faith intertwines with artistry. Journeying further into history, we arrive at Beethoven's Bonn Birthplace - a relic that resonates with melodious notes from his genius mind. Here lies the very essence of musical brilliance that continues to inspire generations. Crosskeys Inn stands proudly as a relic from coaching days gone by; its weathered walls whisper tales of weary travelers seeking respite amidst long journeys. It serves as a reminder of simpler times when horse-drawn carriages traversed vast landscapes. Witnessing nature's resilience is an awe-inspiring limestone embankment - remnants of an ambitious land reclamation scheme from 1873. This relic reminds us that even grand plans can succumb to time's relentless passage while leaving behind traces etched in stone. The Regalia of Scotland takes center stage - symbols steeped in tradition and sovereignty. The Sceptre, The Sword of State and Scabbard, along with Lord High Treasurer's Mace stand as testaments to power wielded by those entrusted with safeguarding their nation's heritage. La Sainte Chapelle enchants visitors within its hallowed halls; stained glass windows illuminate stories of devotion and divine grace.