Foot Reliquaries


Trier, Cathedral Treasury,

Portable altar of Archibishop Egbert of Trier and reliquary of the sandal of St. Andrew (447x220, 310mm high, ivory, gold, cloisonné enamel)

980 AD

See Gauthier, 1972, no. 17

Namur, Couvent des Soeurs de Notre-Dame, Treasury

Foot reliquaries of St. Blaise and St. James the Great; Reliquary of the Milk of the Virgin

See Courtoy, 1953, nos. 16, 17, 18; Schatz aus den Trümmern, 1996

Zadar, Cathedral Treasury,

Foot reliquary of St. Krsevan (14th c.)

Nin, Cathedral Treasury,

Foot reliquary of St. Asel (14th c.)

Zürich, Schweizerisches Landesmuseu,

Foot reliquary from Basel Cathedral Treasury, made by Oswald Überlingen, 1450



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Created by Jane Vadnal
February 3, 1998Rev MAS 5 March 08