A 593 Czech Republic - Reliquary of Saint Maur at Becov 2009

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Start of the sale:
Tuesday, 7 May 2024 at 05:42
Item n°2024614106
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The reliquary was likely created in 1225–1230 on request of the Benedictine Abbey in Florennes, Belgium for relics of SS. Maur, Timothy and John the Baptist. For centuries it was a venerated and carefully kept shrine. In the late 18th century, probably due to its considerable wear, it was withdrawn from use. In 1838 the church sold the damaged reliquary to Alfred de Beaufort-Spontini, an aristocrat holding land also in the territory of today´s Czech Republic. He had the reliquary repaired and following its exhibition in Brussels in 1888 he brought it to Bečov nad Teplou where it was kept in the chateau chapel of St. Peter. After the World War II the Beauforts, as an aristocratic family loyal to the nazi Germany, had to leave Czechoslovakia. It was likely at that time when they hid the reliquary of Saint Maur in the backfill under the floor of the Gothic chateau chapel of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary. For the long 40 years it laid there forgotten by the professional community. It was only after the request of a certain American citizen for collecting an unspecified thing at an unknown place and its taking out of the country that the curiosity on the Czech side was aroused. This led to the beginning in 1984 of the systemic search by the former Federal Criminal Central Office who found the reliquary on November 5, 1985. The reliquary, damaged by its stay in the wet ground, was taken from Bečov to Prague and deposited at several places in the course of the following years. It was only after 1989 that the proprietary relationships could be resolved and the most demanding conservation works, which lasted 11 years, could begin. Since May 2002 the repaired reliquary can be seen at the chateau in Bečov nad Teplou near Karlovy Vary. In term of its historic value the thing is priceless; it is the only monument of its kind in the Czech Republic.

The reliquary sized 140 x 42 cm is 65 cm high and its upper part has the shape of a gabled roof. It is made of walnut wood richly decorated with numerous embossed ornaments and statues of silver gilt, precious stones, filigrees and gems of precious and semi-precious stones. The opposite faces of the reliquary are decorated with approx. 25 cm high statues of Saint Maur and Jesus Christ, the upper sides with round medallions showing scenes of the life of Saint Maur and John the Baptist. Other smaller embossed ornaments show the life of Moses. Each of the side wall bears a row of statues of six apostles. The oldest gems date back to the 1st or 2nd century. The reliquary contains skeleton relics and remnants of textiles and leather.
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