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Reliquary caskets

Gilded copper with champlevéenamel plaques on oak,
Limoges, France, 1185-95

Reliquary Casket with Scenes from the Martyrdom
of Saint Thomas Becket, French or English, ca. 1173–1180

Oak, champlevé panels, 1100-1150

Reliquary Casket of St Thomas Becket, about 1180-90
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