Relic of St. Marcian
Unknown Artist
c. 1045
Medium
Plain weave green silk with an extant selvage
Classification
Metalwork
Department
Medieval Art
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust
Accession Number
1931.462.h
About this artwork
This relic is in the portable altar that was commissioned by Countess Gertrude of Brunswick, one of the Guelph Treasure’s earliest and most sumptuous objects.