Plaque from a Chasse for Relics of Saint Thomas Becket
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Plaque from a Chasse for Relics of Saint Thomas Becket by Master G. Alpais (French) (1220–25). Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund Rights: CC0. https://clevelandart.org/art/1951.449

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On December 29, 1170, Archbishop Thomas Becket was brutally murdered in Canterbury Cathedral. The immediate popularity of Becket’s cult is reflected in the large number of enamel reliquaries produced in late 12th- and early 13th-century Limoges workshops to house relics associated with the archbishop, who was canonized only three years after his death. This plaque, which pairs a scene depicting the Martyrdom of Thomas Becket with one of Christ’s Crucifixion, once formed the principal face of such a reliquary.

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This illuminated panel depicts the crucifixion of Christ surrounded by biblical figures in a stylized Byzantine manner.

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