ISLAMIC PORTABLE OBJECTS IN THE MEDIEVAL CHURCH TREASURIES OF THE LATIN WEST Avinoam Shalem VOLUME TWO: ILLUSTRATIONS Part 1 The University of Edinburgh December, 1994
2 Fig. 1 Cat. no.1.bottle, rock crystal, Fatimid, 10th century. Metal mounting of the 16th century. Cologne, Schniitgen-Museum, G19.
Fig. 2 Cat. no.2.bottle, rock crystal, Fatimid, 10th century. Bad-Gandersheim, Stiftskirchengemeinde.
Fig. 3 Cat. no.3.pendant, Fatimid rock crystal and silver mounting, France, 13th century. Poitiers, Sainte- Croix.
Fig. 4 Cat. no.4.reliquary, rock crystals and gilded silver mounting, France, 13th century. Haute-Vienne, Arnacla-Poste.
Fig. 5 Cat. no. 5.Procession Cross, wood faced with gilded silver, precious stones and two Fatimid rock crystals, Germany, 11th century. (Westphalia), St. Nikomedes. Borghorst 6
7 Fig.5a Cat. no.5.bottle, rock crystal, Fatimid, 10th century (mounted on the procession cross of Borghorst). Borghorst (Westphalia), St. Nikomedes.
8 Fig. 6 Cat. no.6.reliquary, Fatimid rock crystal, gilded copper mounting of the 13th century. Saint-Riquier (Somme), Saint-Wulfran.
9 Fig. 7 Cat. no.7.bottle, rock crystal, possibly pre-fatimid, gilded metal lid of the 13th century. London, British Museum, 1894 5-17 1.
10 Fig-8 Cat. no.8.reliquary, Fatimid(?) rock crystal, silver and niello mounting, possibly Germany, 14th century. Emmerich, St. Martini.
11 Fig.8a Cat. no.8.bottle, rock crystal, Fatimid, 10th century (mounted on a reliquary from Emmerich). Emmerich, St. Martini.
12 Fig. 9 Cat. no.9.reliquary, Fatimid rock crystal, gilded silver mounting of the 13th century. Tyrol, the Benedictine convent of Marienberg.
13 Fig.10 Cat. no.10.pendant, Fatimid rock crystal, silver and niello mounting of the 15th century. London, British Museum, FB Is.13.
Fig,11 Cat. no.10a.pendant, Fatimid rock crystal, metal mounting. Harelbeke, Saint-Sauveur.
15 Fig.12 Cat. no.11.reliquary, Fatimid rock crystal, gilded silver mounting, Germany (Lower Saxony), 14th century. Chicago, Art Institute, 1962.91.
16 Fig.13 Cat. no.12.reliquary, pre-fatimid rock crystal, silver and gilded copper mounting, possibly Burgundy, 13th century. Sens, St.-Etienne, D14.
17 Fla.14 Cat. no.13.reliquary, pre-fatimid rock crystal, gilded silver mounting of the 13th century. Arras (Pas-de-Calais), Dames Augustines.
18 Fia.15 Cat. no.14.procession Cross, wood faced with gilded copper, precious stones and pre-fatimid rock crystals, 11th century. Cologne, St. Severin.
19 Fig. 15a Cat. no.14.bottle, rock crystal, pre-fatimid. mounted on a procession cross. Cologne, St. Severin.
20 Fig.16 Cat. no.15.reliquary, pre-fatimid rock crystal, gilded silver mounting of the 13th century. Burtscheid, St. Johannes.
21 Fig. 17 Cat. no.16.theophano Cross, wood faced with gilded silver, precious stones, enamel plaques and pre- Fatimid rock crystal, ca. 1050. Essen, Cathedral Treasury.
22 Fig.17a Cat. no.16.bottle, pre-fatimid rock crystal. Mounted on the base of Theophano Cross. Essen, Cathedral Treasury.
23 Fig.18 Cat. no.17.reliquary cross, wood faced with gold precious stones and pre-fatimid rock crystal Germany, 12th century. Miinster, St. Paulus.
24 Fig.19 Cat. no.18.chess pieces, rock crystal, Fatimid, 10th century. Osnabriick, Diocesan Museum.
Fig t20 Cat. no.19.chessman, rock crystal, Fatimid, 10th century. Halberstadt, Cathedral Treasury. 25
26 Fig.21 Cat. no.21.chessman, rock crystal, Fatimid, 10th century. London, Victoria and Albert Museum, 669-1883.
27 Fig.22 Cat. no.22.chess pieces, rock crystal, Fatimid, 10th century. Orense, Episcopal Palace. Fig.23 Cat. no.23.chess pieces, rock crystal, Fatimid, 10th century. Mounted on the upper part of a reliquary casket from the church of San Millan de la Cogolla. Province of Rioja, San Millan de la Cogolla.
Fig.24 Cat. no.24.lidded cup, gilded silver and Fatimid rock crystal, Germany, ca. 1400. Munster, St. Paulus.
X-X 29 C N r? zzzwz' m\ «kz'\ // XfX m\ %s., / i*z\y, #Z a^ i '. X<i /XX S$] I' '& ' XI * ' X v^ Capua, Musco Diocesano. ptv/o del gioco dcgli scacchi, probabilmente il «re». Crutallo di rocca, ane fatimide, fine del X secolo. 7". ; rxxx^'f C^'V * : -X vix,#> '» Hp ' _ V zla zz»w»,4 ' Fig.25 Cat. no.25.chessman, rock crystal, Fatimid(?). Capua, Diocesan Museum.
30 Fig.26 Cat. no.26.bottle, rock crystal, Fatimid(?). Mounted on the procession cross of Borghorst. Borghorst, St. Nikomedes.
Fig,27 Cat. no.27.bottle, rock crystal, Fatimid(?). Mounted on a procession cross. Cologne, St. Severin.
32 Fig.28 Cat. no.28.reliquary, Fatimid(?) rock crystal and gilded silver mounting, possibly Germany, 1400. Emmerich, St. Martini.
33 Fia.29 Cat. no.29.reliquary, Fatimid(?) rock crystal and gilded silver mounting, Germany, 1230-50. Quedlinburg, St. Servatius.
34 Fig.30 Cat. no.30.reliquary, Fatimid(?) rock crystal, gilded metal mounting studded with precious stones, Germany, 13th-14th century. Quedlinburg, St. Servatius.
35 Fig,31 Cat. no.31.reliquary (detail), carved coconut, Fatimid rock crystal, silver (partially gilded), Mtinster, 1230-50. Munster, St. Paulus.
36 Fig.32 Cat. no.32.reliquary(?), Fatimid rock crystal and gilded silver mounting, Cologne, 13th century. Cologne, St. Ursula.
37 Fig.33 Cat. no.34.reliquary, Fatimid rock crystal and gilded copper mounting, probably 13th century. Bamberg, Diocesan Museum.
Fig.34 Cat. no.34a.base, rock crystal, Fatimid(?), Bamberg, Diocesan Museum.
39 Fig.35 Cat. no.35.saint Stephen crystal and gold sheets, location unknown. Sceptre, Fatimid rock 12th century. Present
Fig.36 Cat. no.36.pommel, rock crystal, Fatimid, 10th century. Bamberg, Diocesan Museum, 5/15.
41 Fig.37 Cat. no.37a.pommel, rock crystal, Fatimid(?). Louvain, Saint-Jacques.
Fig.38 Cat. no.38.pommel, rock crystal, possibly Fatimid, 10th century. Venice, San Marco, Tesoro, no.139.
43 Fig.39 Cat. no.39.reliquary, Fatimid rock crystal, gold, enamel, pearls and rubies, ca. 1460-70. Reims, Palais du Tau.
44 Fig.40 Cat. no.40.reliquary, Fatimid rock crystal and gilded silver, 13th century. Essen, Cathedral Treasury.
45 Fig.41 Cat. no.41.reliquary, Fatimid rock crystal and metal mounting, Venice, 13th century. Assisi, Santa Chiara.
46 Fig.42 Cat. no.42.plate, rock crystal, Iran or Iraq(?), 9th- 10th century. Venice, San Marco, Tesoro, no.102.
47 Fig.43 Cat. no.43.plate, rock crystal, Fatimid, 10th century. Aachen, Palatine Chapel (mounted on the pulpit of Henry II).
Fig.44 Cat. no.44.cup, rock crystal, Fatimid, 10th century. Aachen, Palatine Chapel (mounted on the pulpit of Henry II). 48
49 Fig.45 Cat. no.45.chalice, Fatimid rock crystal, gilded silver mounting studded with precious stones, Germany, 12th century. Munich, Schatzkammer der Residenz.
50 Fig.46 Cat. no.46.chalice, Fatimid(?) rock crystal, gilded silver and enamel, Byzantine, 10th-11th century. Venice, San Marco, Tesoro, no.73.
51 Fig.47 Cat. no.47."reliquario del Sangue miraculoso", Fatimid rock crystal and gold mounting, Venice, before 1238. Venice, San Marco, Tesoro, no.128.
52 Fig.48 Cat. no.48.reliquary, Fatimid rock crystal and metal mounting, probably 16th century. Florence, San Lorenzo.
Fig.49 Cat. no.49.reliquary, Fatimid rock crystal and silver mounting, Italy, 16th century. Florence, San Lorenzo.
54 Fig.50 Cat. no.50.reliquary, Fatimid rock crystal and metal mounting. Capua, Diocesan Museum.
55 Fig.51 Cat. no.51.reliquary of Santa Brigida, rock crystal, silver mounting decorated with niello, Egypt(?), 11th century. Capua, Diocesan Museum.
56 Fig.52 Cat. no.52.reliquary, Fatimid rock crystal, gilded silver, filigree and precious stones, Germany, 13th century. Halberstadt, Cathedral Treasury, no.49.
57 Fig.53 Cat. no.53.chalice, Fatimid rock crystal, gilded silver, filigree and precious stones, France, 11th century. Once kept in St.-Denis, Paris. Present location unknown.
58 Fig.54 Cat. no.54."jarra de Nuesta Senora", Fatimid rock crystal and gilded silver mounting, Spain, 17th century. Astorga (Leon), Cathedral Treasury.
59 Fig.55 Cat. no.55.fragment, rock crystal, Fatimid, 11th century. Conques (Aveyron), the church of Ste. Foy.
60 Fig.56 Cat. no.56.foot of a chalice, Fatimid(?) rock crystal and gilded silver mounting, France, 13th century. Paris, Louvre, MR.296.
Fig.57 Cat. no.57.ewer of al-"aziz-billah, rock crystal, Fatimid, 975-996. Venice, San Marco, Tesoro, no.80.
62 Fig.58 Cat. no.58.ewer, Fatimid rock crystal, gilded silver mounting, probably Venice, 13th century. Venice, San Marco, Tesoro, no.86.
63 Fig.59 Cat. no.59.reliquary of St. Ceseno, Fatimid rock crystal, metal mounting of the 18th century. Fermo, Cathedral Treasury.
Fig.60 Cat. no.60.ewer, rock crystal, Fatimid, 11th century. Paris, Louvre MR.333.
65 Fig.61 Cat. no.61."burette de St. Madeleine", Fatimid rock crystal, gilded and nielloed silver mounting of the 12th century. Once in the church treasury of Milhaguet (Haute-Vienne), France. Present location unknown.
66 Fig.62 Cat. no.62.ewer, rock crystal, Fatimid, 11th century. St. Petersburg, Hermitage Museum, 5399.
67 Fig.63 Cat. no.63.pendant, Fatimid rock crystal and silver mounting, Germany, 13th and 14th century. Quedlinburg, St. Servatius.
68 Fig.64 Cat. no.64.rock crystal, Fatimid, 11th century. Weissenau, the former convent chapel.
69 Fig.65 Cat. no.65.pendant, Fatimid rock crystal and silver mounting, probably South Italy, 14th century. Once in Madame Chenou Collection, Paris. Present location unknown. Fig.66 Cat. no.66.lamp, rock crystal, Fatimid, 11th century. St. Petersburg, Hermitage Museum, EG 938.
70 Fig.67 Cat. no.67.chalice, Fatimid rock crystal, filigree and precious stones, Venice, 13th century. Venice, San Marco, Tesoro, no.99.
71 Fig.68 Cat. no.68.candlestick(?), rock crystal, Fatimid, 11th century. Hanover, Kestner Museum, WM,XXI,a,28a.
Fig.69 Cat. no.69.reliquary, rock crystal and gilded silver possibly Cologne, 14th century. Emmerich, St.Martini
73 Fig.69a Cat. no.69.bottle(?), rock crystal, Fatimid, 11th century (mounted on a reliquary from Emmerich). Emmerich, St. Martini.
74 Fig.70 Cat. no.70.rock crystal, Fatimid. Mounted on a silver candlestick, Italy, 16th century. Venice, San Marco, Tesoro, no.24 (detail).
75 Fig.70a Cat. no.70.rock crystal, Fatimid. Mounted on a silver candlestick, Italy, 16th century. Venice, San Marco, Tesoro no.25 (detail).
76 Fig.71 Cat. no.71.reliquary, Fatimid(?) rock crystal and brass, Byzantium, 11th century. Messina, Church Treasury.
77 Fig.72 Cat. no.72.reliquary, Fatimid rock crystal and gilded silver mounting, Venice, 1350. Nuremberg, Germanisches Nationalmuseum, KG 695.
78 Fig.73 Cat. no.73."la Grotta della Vergine", Fatimid(?) rock crystal, gilded silver, enamel and precious stones, Fatimid. Venice, San Marco, Tesoro, no.116.
79 Fig.74 Cat. no.74.reliquary, Fatimid(?) rock crystal, gilded silver, filigree and precious stones, Germany, 13th century. Paris, Musee National des Thermes et de 1'Hotel de Cluny, CI.11 661.
80 Fig.75 Cat. no.75.reliquary, wood faced with gold sheets, filigree, enamel and precious stones, possibly Byzantium, 10th century. Essen, Cathedral Treasury.
81 Fig.76 Cat. no.76.pendant, Fatimid rock crystal and gilded silver mounting, Germany, 1230-50. Once in the treasury of the cathedral of Quedlinburg. Present location unknown.
82 Fig.77 Cat. no.77.bowl, cut glass, possibly Khurasan, 10th century. Mounting of the 10th, 12th and 13th century, Byzantium. Venice, San Marco, Tesoro, no.140.
83 Fig.78 Cat. no.78.chalice, *Abbasid(?) glass, gilded silver mounting studded with precious stones, Byzantium, 11th century. Venice, San Marco, Tesoro, no.76.
84 Fig.79 Cat. no.79.chalice, Fatimid(?) cut glass, gilded silver, filigree and precious stones, Venice, 13th century. Venice, San Marco, Tesoro, no.46.
85 Fig.80 Cat. no.80.beaker, cut glass, possibly Egypt, 10th century. Venice, San Marco, Tesoro, no.117.
86 Fig.81 Cat. no.81.goblet, glass, Egypt or South Italy. Rome, The Vatican, Museu Sacro.
87 Fig.82 Cat. no.81a.beaker, glass, Egypt(?). Rome, The Vatican, Museu Sacro.
88 Fig.83 Cat. no.82.pen Box, cut glass and metal, Egypt or Iraq, 10th century. Capua, Cathedral Treasury.