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The Alhambra and the Kremlin: The South and the North of EuropePrime, Samuel Irenæus

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The Alhambra and the Kremlin: The South and the North of Europe

Name: The Alhambra and the Kremlin: The South and the North of Europe
Author: Prime, Samuel Irenæus

Prime, Samuel Irenæus

Europe -- Description and travel

12. In a reliquary, in the form of a great arm, is enclosed the upper
  part of the right arm of Charlemagne.
  13. The bugle-horn of Charlemagne.
  14. A bust of Charlemagne, containing a part of the scull of the great
  emperor.
  15. A golden cross, containing a particle of the holy cross.
  16. In a shrine representing a Greek chapel, the scull of the holy
  monk St. Anastasius.
  17. A statue of St. Peter the Apostle, showing in his hand a ring from
  the chain with which this man of God, who has suffered so many
  persecutions and trials, was chained in the prison.
  18. Bones of the holy bishop and martyr Spei, in a little ivory chest.
  19. A great gilt silver shrine, containing several bones of
  Charlemagne.

   _C. The principal works of art in the treasure of the cathedral._

  20. A shrine, the depository for the great relics.
  21. A chest richly ornamented, used when the relics are borne to the
  gallery for the public show.
  22. A vessel, containing the pectoral cross of Charlemagne.

  _D. Relics and other remarkable objects of the other churches of the
                                 town._

               a. _In the parish church of St. Adalbert._

  1. The scull of the bishop and martyr St. Ethelbert, conveyed to
  Aix-la-Chapelle by Otto III.
  2. A shoulder-bone and a leg-bone of St. Mary Magdalen.
  3. Two small particles of the sponge with which our Lord was refreshed
  on the cross.
  4. Two particles of the scull of St. Quirinus.
  5. The scull of St. Hermetis, of which Henry II. made a donation to
  this church.
  6. Bones of St. Nicholas, the Bishop of Mira.
  7. The shoulder-blade of St. Laurence the martyr.
  8. A leg-bone and a fragment of the coat of St. Benedict.
  9. An arm-bone of St. Sebastian.
  10. The hunting-knife of the Emperor St. Henry, founder of this
  church.
  11. The veil of St. Gertrude.
  12. A leg-bone of St. Agnes.
  13. The jaw-bone with a tooth of St. Denis Areopagita.
  14. A bone and some blood of St. Stephen.
  15. A part of the coat of St. Walpurgis.
  16. A part of the holy cross.
  17. The arm-bone of St. Christopher.
  18. A fragment of the crib in which our Lord was laid at his birth.
  19. Some bones of St. Marcellus and other saints.

                   b. _In the church of St. Theresa._

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The Alhambra and the Kremlin: The South and the North of EuropePrime, Samuel Irenæus

History

The Alhambra and the Kremlin: The South and the North of Europe

Prime, Samuel Irenæus

Europe -- Description and travel

12. In a reliquary, in the form of a great arm, is enclosed the upper
  part of the right arm of Charlemagne.
  13. The bugle-horn of Charlemagne.
  14. A bust of Charlemagne, containing a part of the scull of the great
  emperor.
  15. A golden cross, containing a particle of the holy cross.
  16. In a shrine representing a Greek chapel, the scull of the holy
  monk St. Anastasius.
  17. A statue of St. Peter the Apostle, showing in his hand a ring from
  the chain with which this man of God, who has suffered so many
  persecutions and trials, was chained in the prison.
  18. Bones of the holy bishop and martyr Spei, in a little ivory chest.
  19. A great gilt silver shrine, containing several bones of
  Charlemagne.

   _C. The principal works of art in the treasure of the cathedral._

  20. A shrine, the depository for the great relics.
  21. A chest richly ornamented, used when the relics are borne to the
  gallery for the public show.
  22. A vessel, containing the pectoral cross of Charlemagne.

  _D. Relics and other remarkable objects of the other churches of the
                                 town._

               a. _In the parish church of St. Adalbert._

  1. The scull of the bishop and martyr St. Ethelbert, conveyed to
  Aix-la-Chapelle by Otto III.
  2. A shoulder-bone and a leg-bone of St. Mary Magdalen.
  3. Two small particles of the sponge with which our Lord was refreshed
  on the cross.
  4. Two particles of the scull of St. Quirinus.
  5. The scull of St. Hermetis, of which Henry II. made a donation to
  this church.
  6. Bones of St. Nicholas, the Bishop of Mira.
  7. The shoulder-blade of St. Laurence the martyr.
  8. A leg-bone and a fragment of the coat of St. Benedict.
  9. An arm-bone of St. Sebastian.
  10. The hunting-knife of the Emperor St. Henry, founder of this
  church.
  11. The veil of St. Gertrude.
  12. A leg-bone of St. Agnes.
  13. The jaw-bone with a tooth of St. Denis Areopagita.
  14. A bone and some blood of St. Stephen.
  15. A part of the coat of St. Walpurgis.
  16. A part of the holy cross.
  17. The arm-bone of St. Christopher.
  18. A fragment of the crib in which our Lord was laid at his birth.
  19. Some bones of St. Marcellus and other saints.

                   b. _In the church of St. Theresa._

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The Alhambra and the Kremlin: The South and the North of Europe

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