The Cyril and Methodius mission and Europe - 1150 years since the arrival of the Thessaloniki brothers in Great Moravia

0448695 - ARÚB 2016 CZ eng M - Monography Chapter
Kavánová, Blanka
Reconstruction of the reliquary from Mikulčice.
The Cyril and Methodius mission and Europe - 1150 years since the arrival of the Thessaloniki brothers in Great Moravia. Brno: The Institute of Archaeology of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Brno, 2014 - (Kouřil, P.), s. 114-118. ISBN 978-80-86023-51-9
R&D Projects: GA MK(CZ) DF12P01OVV010
Keywords : Moravia * Early Middle Ages * Mikulčice * reliquary
Subject RIV: AC - Archeology, Anthropology, Ethnology

A reconstructed wooden cylindrical vessel with bronze gilt appliqués has analogies in ivory pyxides which are often known from Lombard burial grounds. The vessel probably represents a later replica which may have been deposited in a grave near the Mikulčice basilica before the mid-9th century already. The shape of decorative elements and the situation at discovery indicate that the vessel has been used as a Christian reliquary.
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