Becket Casket (c. 1180): Entombment
Image Details
- Image ID
- 7561
- Title
- Becket Casket (c. 1180): Entombment
- Caption
- Detail of a reliquary casket made in Limoges, France, to hold relics of Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, who was murdered by knights in his cathedral in 1170. Many Becket caskets were produced in Limoges; this is probably the earliest to survive. Medieval and Renaissance Galleries, Victoria & Albert Museum, London.
- Coordinates
- 51.4965880° N, 0.1721980° W
- Resolution
- 5464 x 3643 pixels
- File Size
- 16.16 MB
- File Type
- jpg
- Camera
- Canon EOS 5D Mark II
- ISO
- 800
- Credit
- Holly Hayes
- Copyright Status
- All Rights Reserved
- Date Created
- October 13, 2010
- Date Uploaded
- March 24, 2011
Detail of a reliquary casket made in Limoges, France, to hold relics of Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, who was murdered by knights in his cathedral in 1170. Many Becket caskets were produced in Limoges; this is probably the earliest to survive. Medieval and Renaissance Galleries, Victoria & Albert Museum, London.
Image #7561
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