Image copyright: Musée de Cluny, Paris
Made: c.1000-1050, Bamberg or Fulda, Germany, artist and patron unknown
Current Location: Musée de Cluny, Paris, France (Cl. 13072)
Dimensions and Materials: 23 x 25 x 1.5cm; serpentine/green porphyry, silver
Iconography: two bishops (St. Blasius and St. Nicolaus), Melchisedech and Aaron, Abraham, sacrifice of Isaac, Christ, St. Peter, St. Paul; foliage, Agnus Dei and four cardinal virtues
Inscriptions: HIC C[ON]DVNT[V]R RELIQVIAE S[AN]C[T]I IOHANNIS PAPT[E] ET CIRIACI PANCRACII KILIANI MART[YRI] / ABRAHAH / MELCHISEDECH / AARON S[AN]C[TV]S BLASIVS / S[AN]C[TV]S NICOLAVS / IVSTICIA / PRVDENCIA / FORTITVDO / TEMPERANCIA / AGNVS DOMINI
Bibliography: Braun 1924; Budde 1998, Nr.10; De Fleury 1887; Karapli and Papastavrou 2014; Palazzo 2008; Spitzer Collection Vol. 1; Neumann 1891; Fairholt and Wright 1857
Website: https://www.musee-moyenage.fr/collection/oeuvre/autel-portatif-germanique.html
Sarah C. Luginbill 
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