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

by Samuel Irenæus Prime

• 5. The woven linen girdle of the Holy Virgin, in a reliquary (liburium).
• 6. The girdle (cingulum) of Jesus, made of leather, in a precious vessel.
• 7. Part of the rope with which our Saviour was tied in his passion.
• 8. Joined in a reliquary:
  • a. A fragment of the sponge that served to refresh our dying Lord upon the cross.
  • b. A particle of the holy cross.
  • c. Some hair of the Apostle St. Bartholomew.
  • d. Several bones of Zachary, father to St. John the Baptist.
  • e. Two teeth of the Apostle St. Thomas.
• 9. In a reliquary: Part of an arm of old St. Simeon, and in a vial of agate some oil that once came forth from out the bones of St. Catherine.
• 10. In a gothic chapel:
  • a. The point of a nail with which our Lord was nailed to the cross.
  • b. A particle of the holy cross.
  • c. A tooth of St. Catherine.
  • d. Part of a leg (tibia) of the Emperor Charlemagne.
• 11. In a shrine representing a gothic church, richly enamelled and adorned with pearls and precious stones:
  • a. A fragment of the reed that served to make a mock of our Saviour.
  • b. A part of the linen cloth which was spread over his holy face in the grave.
  • c. Some hair of St. John the Baptist.
  • d. A rib of the first martyr, St. Stephen.
• 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.

• 1. A piece of the linen cloth that covered the face of our Lord in the house of Caiphas, when he was beaten, and asked, “Now, do prophesy us,” &c.
• 2. A “corporate,” reddened with the holy blood that an inattentive priest shed while he was consecrating the chalice.
• 3. A linen cloth of the Holy Virgin. The knight-german of Randeraidt carried it from the Orient, and by the intercession of the father Lector Arnold, of Wallhorn, it was deposited in the convent of St. Augustin in Aix-la-Chapelle.
• 4. The scull of the holy martyr Theodore.
• 5. A piece of the linen cloth in which was laid the body of St. Laurence when taken from the fire.
• 6. A part of the soutane in which deacon St. Laurence served at the altar.
• 7. Some oil that is recorded to have come from the bones of St. Elizabeth.
• 8. A part of the holy cross.

c. In the parish church of St. John the Baptist at Burtschied, near Aix-la-Chapelle.

• 1. A cross containing two pieces of the holy cross, pieces of the clothes of Jesus Christ, of the pillar and the whip serving at the scourging of our Lord, of the garment of the Holy Virgin and bones of St. Paul and St. James the younger, and finally a piece of the rod of Aaron and Moses.
• 2. A silver gilt bust, with a large piece of the scull of St. Laurence.
• 3. A silver gilt bust, with an arm-bone of St. John the Baptist.
• 4. A bust, with the scull of St. Evermarus.
• 5. The scull of the Holy Virgin and martyress St. Agatha.
• 6. A relic shrine, containing in its top a piece of the holy cross; in the centre, bones of St. Andrew the Apostle, teeth and bones of the apostles Simon Juda, James the younger, Matthias, and of the evangelists St. Luke and St. Mark, of the levites and martyrs St. Timotheus, Vincent, of the martyrs St. Fabian and St. Sebastian, of St. Stephen, St. Barbara, and the saints Vitus and Fortunatus; in the four corners, relics of the saints John the Baptist, Donatus, Emerentia, Cornelius, the pope and martyr, of the saints Cyprianus, Hermet, Aegidius, Pancratius, and Luzia; and in its base, a relic of St. Adrian and an arm-bone of St Laurence.
• 7. A shrine, containing in its top a piece of the holy cross; in the centre, different bones of St. Laurence, a piece of the scull of St. Sixtus; in the four corners, relics of St. John Chrysostomus, of St. Calixtus, of St. Gregorius, and pieces of the sculls and bones of St. Apolinaris, and of St. Maurice; in the base, relics of St. Damasus and an arm-bone of St. Alexis.
• 8. A shrine, with bones of St. Maximus and his colleagues, viz.: Of the saints Lambert, Gervasius, and Protasius, of St. Peter Justinianus, of the apostles St. Andrew, Matthias, and Matthew, of the saints Gregorius, Chrysostomus, Servatius, Felix, Luzia, and Elizabeth, mother to St. John the Baptist.
• 9. A shrine, with relics of St. Valerius and Germanus, St. Cosmas and St. Damianus, St. Martin and St. Constantia, teeth of the apostles St. Peter and St. Paul, of St. Cordula, teeth of St. Sixtus, St. Cassius, St. Juliana, St. Matthias, St. Evermarus, and of the holy queen Binosa.
• 10. A pyramid, with relics of St. Barbara, St. Peter, St. Juliana, St. Apollonia, and St. Apollinarus; in the base, a relic of the holy martyr Laurence.
• 11. A pyramid, with a tooth of the holy apostle St. Matthias, bones of St. Vitalis, of John the Baptist, and the apostles St. James and St. Bartholomew, and of St. Marcellus and St. Laurence.
• 12. Little fragments of the swathing-clothes of our Lord.
• 13. A bone of the Holy Virgin and martyress Luzia.
• 14. The penitential coat of St. Margaret, royal princess of Hungaria.
• 15. In a small vial some blood of St. John the Baptist.
• 16. A portrait of the holy bishop Nicholas in Greek mosaic.
• 17. A grave wherein lie the bones and relics of St. Gregorius, son to the Greek Emperor Nicephorus, who was the first abbot of this church, that once had been a free imperial chapter.
• 18. A fragment of linen tinged with blood of the priest St. Francis, of Jerome, S. J.
• 19. A particle of the bones of St. John the Baptist.
• 20. A little box, containing a particle of the scull of St. John the Baptist, particles of the bones of St. Raynerus, of St. Lewis, king of France, and of the Holy Virgin, and martyress Catherine.
• 21. A fragment of the cloak of St. Francis, of Assisi.
• 22. A particle of the bones of the innocent children.