Reliquary of St. Millan, San Millan de Yuso, Spain

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Casket of Palencia, 11th century. National Archaeological Museum, Madrid, formerly in the Treasury of the Cathedral of Palencia.

Codex Sangallenses

c895. Abbey Library, St. Gall, Switzerland.

Spanish, c1050. Louvre

1380-1390. Musee des Beaux-Arts, Lyon.

14th century. Louvre.

Ivory Reliquary

English, 11th century

Lombard Book Cover

9th century. National Archaeological Museum, Cividale

Byzantine, 10th century. Musee des Beaux-Arts, Lille.

Parts of an ivory box, c870. Bavarian national Museum, Munich.

Liturgical Combs

Another idea whose time is long gone. One's c1100 and the other's 14th century. Diocesan Museum, Bamberg.

From Trier, 10th century. Bode Museum, Berlin.

Travelling Altar

c1180, Diocesan Museum, Bamberg

Burgundian, c1453-1467. Weltliche Schatzkammer, Vienna

14th century, Calouste Goulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon

The Salerno Ivories

From Salerno Cathedral, c1084. Louvre.

Cover of a 12th-13th century manuscript on St. Stephen. Bavarian National Museum.