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Rheinisches Landesmuseum, Bonn

Medallion with Bust of Christ (10th cent.)
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Rheinisches Landesmuseum in Bonn

Enamel medallion with bust of Christ, Byzantine, end of 10th century. This medallion was found in 1947 in the grave of Siegfried von Westerburg, Archbishop of Cologne (d.1297), in Bonn Münster. It was in secondary use as a decoration on a pontifical glove.


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