# Arm reliquary of St Lawrence [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [UNKNOWN GOLDSMITH, German]() - Date: 1151-1200 - Technique: Cedar wood, silver, partially gilded ## Commentary Arm reliquary of St Lawrence c. 1175 Cedar wood, silver, partially gilded Staatliche Museen, Berlin Surviving metalwork from the Romanesque period is mainly religious including elaborate altar vessels, altar frontals, jeweled book covers, candelabra, and bronze doors - as well as shrines and reliquaries to house the remains of the saints, most notably on the pilgrimage routes. The arm reliquary of St Lawrence is an early example of a "talking" reliquary, whose external form makes it clear which part of a saint's body is contained within. ## Related artworks - [Agraffe with a Depiction of the Virgin and Saints]() - [Altar frontal]() - [Amulet]() - [Arm Reliquary]() - [Book cover]() - [Book Cover]() - [Book Cover]() - [Book cover]() - [Book Cover]() - [Bust reliquary of Charlemagne]() - [Candelabra with seven arms]() - [Candelabrum]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()