Reliquary Crucifixes

Ulrike Surmann, The Reliquary Crucifixes from the Dominican Church St. Catharine's in Liege (in German), "Kolumba" Series, vol. 41, Cologne 2014, 50 pages, 22 color und 11 black-and-white reproductions, paper-bound, 210 x 275 mm, ISBN 978-3-9815922-1-4, € 17, ?In 1996, in the park of Moritzburg Palace several boxes were unearthed that contained a treasure of goldsmith works which the Princes of Saxony had buried there in 1945. The most important works, two large Gothic reliquary crucifixes came to the Kolumba collection in 2001 as a donation from the Renate König Foundation. The comprehensively illustrated workbook now presents the eventful history of these crosses, which may be traced back to the year 1267, and examines the salvational significance attributed to the reliquaries.