Welf Treasure (List)

This list contains the individual pieces of the so-called Welfenschatz , once a reliquary treasure of the Brunswick Cathedral . It includes, on the one hand, the 82 objects listed in the catalogs from 1891 and 1930, and on the other, also those that were later identified as part of the Welf Treasure.

Catalogs from 1891 and 1930

The numbering from 1891 was taken from the first catalog of the collection Der Reliquienschatz des Haus Braunschweig-Lüneburg by Wilhelm Anton Neumann, which was compiled according to scientific standards . The numbering from 1930 comes from the catalog of the exhibition Der Welfenschatz , which was shown in the same year in the Berlin Palace Museum and in the Städel Art Institute in Frankfurt .

No. (1891)	No. (1930)	No. (1985)	designation	Time of origin	Whereabouts	comment	Illustration
1	1	9	Guelph Cross	1st half of the 12th century	Museum of Applied Arts Berlin , W 1	Commons : Welfenkreuz - Collection of images, videos and audio files
78	2	1	Cumberland medallion (medallion with bust of Christ)	08th century	Cleveland Museum of Art , 1930.504	oldest object in the Welfenschatz
2	3	2	First Gertruden Cross	1040 (approximate)	Cleveland Museum of Art, 1931.55	Liudolf (Friesland)
3	4th	3	Second Gertruden Cross	1040 (approximate)	Cleveland Museum of Art, 1931.461
13	5	4th	Countess Gertrud's portable altar	1038 (approximate)	Cleveland Museum of Art, 1931.462.a
15th	6th	6th	Portable altar with embossed silver figures	1075 (approximate)	Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin, W 2		Fig.
38	7th	29	Relief icon with St. Demetrios	12th Century	Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin, W 3
20th	8th	34	Table -shaped portable altar with an agate plate / tablet-shaped portable altar with an agate top	12th Century	Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin, W 4
16	9	30th	Panel-shaped portable altar with rock crystal plate / tablet-shaped portable altar with slab of rock crystal	12th Century	Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin, W 5
80	10	31	Horn of St. Blasius	12th Century	Cleveland Museum of Art, 1930.740	Olifant
34	11	40	Box with painted ivory tablets / Rectangular casket with painted ivory tablets	12th Century	Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin, W 6
33	12	32	/ Tower-shaped casket, inlaid with ivory	12th Century	Cambridge (Massachusetts) , Fogg Art Museum , 1931.52
35	13	61	Octagonal cover box / Eight-cornered casket with lid	14th or 15th century	Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin, W 7
12	14th	8th	Portable altar of Adelvoldus	11th century (end)	Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin, W 8	mentioned in the inventory of 1482	Fig.
14th	15th	14th	Portable altar with rock crystal columns	12th century (early)	Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin, W 9	mentioned in the inventory of 1482	Fig.
4th	16	16	Reliquary cross on a cross base with lions / Standard Cross borne by three lions	12th century (early)	Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin, W 10	from the Cyriakus pen
19th	17th	12	Portable altar of Eilbertus	1150/1160	Museum of Applied Arts Berlin, W 11	mentioned in the inventory of 1482
17th	18th	17th	Portable altar with the cardinal virtues	1150/1160	Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin, W 12	Work by Eilbertus of Cologne , mentioned in the inventory of 1482	Fig.
25th	19th	20th	/ Veneered wooden casket with enamel plate	1150/1160	Robert von Hirsch Collection; Sotheby's June 22, 1978, lot 228; Braunschweig , Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum , MA352	Work of Eilbertus, mentioned in the inventory of 1482
24	20th	18th	Shrine of Saint Walpurgis	1160/1170	Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin, W 13	Work of the Eilbertus School, mentioned in the inventory from 1482	Fig.
18th	21st	19th	Portable altar with Abraham and Melchizedek / Portable altar with Abraham and Melchizedek	12th century (end)	Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin, W 14
23	22nd	13	Dome reliquary	1175 (approximate)	Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin, W 15	Commons : Dome Reliquary (Welf Treasure) - Collection of images, videos and audio files
27	23	15th	So-called. Strongly colored Reliquary / The highly colored Reliquary Casket	12th Century	Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin, W 16
26th	24	38	Box-shaped reliquary / Small Reliquary Casket with champlevé enamel	13th century (1st half)	Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin, W 17
48	25th	7th	Arm reliquary of St. Sigismund	12th Century	Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin, W 18	mentioned in the inventory of 1482
44	26th	23	Arm reliquary of St. Innocentius	12th century (end)	Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin, W 19	mentioned in the inventory of 1482
44	27	21st	Arm reliquary of St. Theodorus	12th century (end)	Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin, W 20	mentioned in the inventory of 1482
43	28	22nd	Arm reliquary of St. Caesarius	12th century (end)	Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin, W 21	mentioned in the inventory of 1482
49	29	51	Arm reliquary of St. Bartholomew	14th century (middle)	Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin, W 22	mentioned in the inventory of 1482
47	30th	27	Arm Reliquary with Apostles / Arm Reliquary with half-length figures of Christ and the Twelve Apostles	1190 (approximate)	Cleveland Museum of Art, 1930.739
46	31	24	Arm reliquary of St. Laurentius	1175 (approximate)	Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin, W 23		Fig.
65	32	25th	Monstrance with the godfather of St. Bernward	1180/90 (paten) / 2nd half of the 14th century (monstrance)	Cleveland Museum of Art, 1930.505	mentioned in the inventory of 1482
30th	33	35	Portable altar- shaped reliquary / Reliquary in the form of portable altar in wood	12th Century	Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin, W 24	mentioned in the inventory of 1482	Fig.
28	34	36	Chest-shaped reliquary / Reliquary in shape of a chest	12th or 13th century	Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin, W 25	mentioned in the inventory of 1482, together with 1930 no. 35 originally until 1467 a reliquary for the arm relic of St. Babylas (cf. 1930 No. 80)
29	35	37	Chest-shaped reliquary / Reliquary in chest form	12th Century	Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin, W 26	mentioned in the inventory of 1482, together with 1930 No. 34 originally a reliquary for the arm relic of St. Babylas (cf. 1930 No. 80)
82	36	11	Glass bottle / Small Glass Bottle	11th or 12th century	Whereabouts unknown (1985)
22nd	37	33	Table-shaped portable altar in tablet form	12th Century	Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin, W 27	from Palestine?	Fig.
21st	38	28	Table-shaped portable altar	12th Century	Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin, W 28		Fig.
41	39	39	Bust reliquary of St. Cosmas	13th century (2nd half)	Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin, W 29
42	40	46	Bust reliquary of St. Blasius	14th century (2nd quarter)	Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin, W 30		Fig.
39	41	43	Plenary for Sundays / Plenary for Sundays	10th century, (text) 1326 (cover)	Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin, W 31
40	42	47	Plenary of Otto the Mild	1339 (cover), around 1330 (text)	Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin, W 32
37	43	45	/ Reliquary in book-form with ivory panels	11th century (ivory panels); 2nd half of the 14th century	Cleveland Museum of Art, 1930.741		Fig.
50	44	50	Arm reliquary of St. George	1350 (approximate)	Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin, W 33		Fig.
73	45	42	Reliquary capsule	14th century (beginning)	Philadelphia Museum of Art , 1931-24-1
77	46	71	Reliquary capsule with mother-of-pearl relief	15th century (middle)	Bremen, Focke Museum , [1]
31	47	48	Kasten mit Wappenmalerei / Wooden casket with painted heraldic devices	1320 (approximate)	Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin, W 34
5	48	41	Veltheim Cross	14th Century	Art Institute of Chicago , 1962.92
61	49	54	/ Small three-turreted Relic Monstrance	14th century (2nd half)	Bremen, Ludwig Roselius Collection	Lost in an air raid in 1945
6th	50	44	/ Standard Cross, Altar Cross	1325 (approximate)	Art Institute of Chicago, 1931.263
64	51	53	Reliquienostensorium / Relic Monstrance with ivory reliefs	14th century (end)	Museum of Applied Arts Berlin, W 35		Fig.
70	52	55	/ Relic Monstrance in shape of a tower	14th century (2nd half)	Whereabouts unknown (1985)
7th	53	63	Reliquienkreuz / Relic Cross on a base	1400 (approximate)	Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin, W 36
69	54	73	/ Relic Monstrance in the form of a church	15th century	Art Institute of Chicago, 1938.1956
63	55	49	Tabernacle with enthroned Mary with child / Small folding Altar with foot	14th Century	Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin, W 37	with ivory statuette, to the inscription
67	56	74	/ Relic Monstrance of Saint Christina	15th century (2nd half)	Art Institute of Chicago, 1962.90
66	57	72	/ Relic Monstrance with relief of Crucifixion	15th century (2nd half)	Gustav Oberlander; Braunschweig , Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum , MA350
68	58	76	/ Pyxis on a foot	14th Century	Art Institute of Chicago, 62.93
60	59	56	Ostensorium with relic of St. Blasius	14th century (2nd half)	Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin, W 44
58	60	59	/ Monstrance with the tooth of Saint John the Baptist	1375 to 1400 (monstrance), around 1000 (rock crystal vase)	Art Institute of Chicago, 1962.91	contains a Fatimid rock crystal vase
57	61	57	/ Relic Monstrance with domed roof	14th century (end)	Art Institute of Chicago, 1938.1957	Handwritten price in the catalog: 3,600 , the actual price paid was $ 4,000 .
54	62	64	Monstrance with the finger of St. Valerius	1400 (approximate)	Gustav Oberlander; Houston, Museum of Fine Arts , 70.16		Fig.
59	63	65	/ The Corpus Christi Monstrance	1400 (approximate)	Gothenburg , Röhsska Konstslöjdmuseet RKM 76-34
56	64	66	Monstrance with the finger of John the Baptist	1400 (approximate)	Kansas City , Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art , 31.71
55	65	82	Monstrance with relic of St. Sebastian	1484	Cleveland Museum of Art, 1931.65	Gift of the art dealer consortium to the museum
9	66	67	Reliquienkreuz / Small relic cross	15th century	Bremen , Friedrich Roselius Collection	Description , lost by air raid in 1945
10	67	68	Reliquienkreuz / Small relic cross	15th century	Bremen , Friedrich Roselius Collection	Lost in an air raid in 1945
11	68	52	/ Relic cross	14th Century	Kansas City , Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art , 31.72		Fig.
74	69	69	Agnus Dei capsule	14th Century	Bremen, Focke Museum , [2]
76	70	70	/ Relic Capsula	15th century (middle)	Bremen
75	71	75	Agnus Dei capsule	15th century (2nd half)	Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin, W 38		Fig
62	72	58	/ Small relic monstrance	14th century (end)	Art Institute of Chicago, 38.1958
71	73	78	/ Reliquary in the form of a ciborium with a tower top	15th century	Whereabouts unknown (1985)
72	74	77	/ Reliquary in ciborium form with Crucifix	15th century	Gothenburg , Röhsska Konstslöjdmuseet RKM 77-34
81	75	84	/ A turned receptacle with lid ( Mazer Reliquary )	15th century	Paul Capton 1930; Whereabouts unknown (1985)
32	76	60	/ Painted wooden casket	late medieval	Whereabouts unknown (1985)
36	77	85	Covered box / turned box with lid	late medieval	Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin, W 39		Fig.
53	78	80	Arm reliquary of St. Maria Magdalena / Arm Reliquary of Saint Mary Magdalene	15th century	Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin, W 40
52	79	81	Arm reliquary one of the ten thousand warriors / Arm Reliquary of one of the ten thousand warriors	15th century	Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin, W 41
51	80	79	/ Arm Reliquary of Saint Babylas	1467	Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1951-12-1	only acquired by the museum in 1951
8th	81	83	Large reliquary cross	1483	Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin, W 42	Large reliquary cross in the catalog of the German cultural property protection; Description and inscription in German inscriptions online .
79	82	62	Reliquary statuette of St. Blaise / Statuette of Saint Blaise	1400 (approximate)	Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin, W 43

Objects outside the catalog

No. (1985)	designation	Time of origin	Whereabouts	comment
26th	Henry the Lion Gospel Book	1173 to 1175 (early dating); around 1188 (late dating)	Wolfenbüttel , Herzog August Library , Codex Guelf. 105, Noviss. 2 ° a	Commons : Gospels of Henry the Lion - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files
5	Arm reliquary of St. Blasius		Braunschweig , Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum , MA60	Commons : Arm reliquary of Saint Blaise - collection of images, videos and audio files
	/ Horn with Animals in Vine Scrolls	11th century	Baltimore, Walters Art Museum	Olifant , origin uncertain
10	Hunting horn	11th century	Braunschweig , Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum , MA / L5	Olifant

Protection of cultural property

On April 4, 2014, the State of Berlin initiated the process of entering the 44 Berlin pieces in the register of nationally valuable cultural assets under the Cultural Property Protection Act . The entry was made on February 6, 2015. This means that the Berlin collection or parts of it can only be exported with ministerial approval.

literature

1891 :

Wilhelm A. Neumann : The reliquary treasure of the house Braunschweig-Lüneburg . Hölder, Vienna 1891

Text: Digitized version of the Braunschweig University Library

Tables: digitized version of the Braunschweig University Library

1930 :

Otto von Falke , Robert Schmidt, Georg Swarzenski : The Welfenschatz. The reliquary of the Brunswick Cathedral from the possession of the Herzogl. House of Braunschweig-Lüneburg , Frankfurt 1930
The Guelph Treasure shown at the Art Institute of Chicago. (Catalog of the exhibition March 31 to April 20, 1931)

Digitized copy of the Art Institute's copy with handwritten price notes

1985 :

Patrick M. de Winter: The Sacral Treasure of the Guelphs. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art 1985 ISBN 978-0-910386-81-4 .

German edition: The Welfenschatz. Testimony to sacred art of the German Middle Ages. Hanover 1986, ISBN 3-924415-07-2 .

Andrea Boockmann: The lost parts of the 'Welf Treasure'. An overview based on the reliquary index from 1482 of the collegiate church of St. Blasius in Braunschweig , Göttingen 1997
Gisela Bungarten, Jochen Luckhardt (Ed.): Welfenschätze. Collected, sold, preserved by museums. Exhibition catalog Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum, Michael Imhof Verlag, Braunschweig 2007, ISBN 978-3-86568-262-8 .
Joachim Ehlers , Dietrich Kötzsche (ed.): The Welfenschatz and its surroundings. Zabern, Mainz 1998
Martin Gosebruch : The Braunschweiger Gertrudiswerkstatt. On the late Ttonian goldsmith's art in Saxony. In: Low German contributions to art history 18, 1979, pp. 9–42.
Klaus Jaitner: The reliquary treasure of the House of Braunschweig-Lüneburg ("Welfenschatz") from the 17th to the 20th century . In: Jahrbuch Preußischer Kulturbesitz 23, 1986, pp. 391–422.
Dietrich Kötzsche : Der Welfenschatz , In: Jochen Luckhardt, Franz Niehoff (Hrsg.): Heinrich the lion and his time. Rule and representation of the Guelphs 1125–1235. Catalog of the exhibition Braunschweig 1995, Volume 2, Munich 1995, ISBN 3-7774-6900-9 , pp. 511-528.
Dietrich Kötzsche: The Welfenschatz in the Berlin Museum of Decorative Arts . Berlin 1973
Gerhard Wolter Molanus : Lipsanographia Sive Thesaurus Reliquiarum Electoralis Brunsvico Luneburgicus. Hanover 1697

Digitized version of the Latin edition from 1724, Saxon State Library, Dresden

State Museums in Berlin: The Welf Treasure, Introduction and Descriptive Directory , Berlin 1935.
Städelsches Kunstinstitut Frankfurt (Ed.) [A. Osterrieth]: The Welfenschatz - catalog of the exhibition 1930 - Berlin and in the Städelsche Kunstinstitut Frankfurt , Berlin and Frankfurt 1930
Georg Swarzenski : The Welf Treasure. In: Jahrbuch Preußischer Kulturbesitz 1963, pp. 91-108

Web links

Commons : Welfenschatz - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Wikisource: Welfenschatz - Sources and full texts

Individual evidence

↑ See provenance information
↑ Directory no. 03803 So-called Welfenschatz ( Memento from February 22, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
↑ dpa report from February 21, 2015, see export ban for the Welfenschatz ( memento from February 22, 2015 in the Internet Archive ), rbb-online

[1] See provenance information

[2] Directory no. 03803 So-called Welfenschatz ( Memento from February 22, 2015 in the Internet Archive )

[3] report from February 21, 2015, see export ban for the Welfenschatz ( memento from February 22, 2015 in the Internet Archive ), rbb-online