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- Becket_Casket abstract "The Becket Casket is a reliquary in the V&A Museum of gilt-copper round a wooden core, decorated with champlevé enamel, and of a shape called a "chasse". It was made in about 1180-1190 in Limoges, France, and depicts one of the most infamous events in English history. On the night of 29 December 1170, Archbishop Thomas Becket was murdered in Canterbury cathedral by four knights obeying the wishes of King Henry II. It provoked outrage throughout Europe, and pilgrims flocked to Canterbury to pray at the site of the murder. In 1173 Becket was canonized and his shrine was one of the most famous in the Christian world, until its total destruction in 1538 during the reign of Henry VIII.Relics of St Thomas were widely dispersed in the years following his death. Many were placed in caskets made in Limoges enamel in south-west France. This was the centre for the production of objects in champlevé enamel, which is characterized by brilliant blues, colourful rosettes and boldly engraved figures. This casket is the most elaborate, the largest and possibly the earliest in date, but over 45 medieval chasses survive showing Becket's story and thought to have been made in Limoges. Another fine example is in the Burrell Collection in Glasgow.The scene of the martyrdom is shown on the front, where one of the knights decapitates Becket in front of the altar, while on the sloping roof the archbishop's funeral is depicted. On the back are four saints and at the one end Christ is seated on a rainbow. The other end, which may have shown St Peter, is missing, as is the floor of the casket and its contents.".
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- Becket_Casket wikiPageID "18109850".
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- Becket_Casket hasPhotoCollection Becket_Casket.
- Becket_Casket subject Category:Collections_of_the_Victoria_and_Albert_Museum.
- Becket_Casket subject Category:Medieval_European_metalwork_objects.
- Becket_Casket subject Category:Reliquaries.
- Becket_Casket subject Category:Romanesque_art.
- Becket_Casket subject Category:Vitreous_enamel.
- Becket_Casket type Artifact100021939.
- Becket_Casket type Container103094503.
- Becket_Casket type Instrumentality103575240.
- Becket_Casket type Object100002684.
- Becket_Casket type PhysicalEntity100001930.
- Becket_Casket type Reliquaries.
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- Becket_Casket comment "The Becket Casket is a reliquary in the V&A Museum of gilt-copper round a wooden core, decorated with champlevé enamel, and of a shape called a "chasse". It was made in about 1180-1190 in Limoges, France, and depicts one of the most infamous events in English history. On the night of 29 December 1170, Archbishop Thomas Becket was murdered in Canterbury cathedral by four knights obeying the wishes of King Henry II.".
- Becket_Casket label "Becket Casket".
- Becket_Casket label "Châsses de saint Thomas Becket".
- Becket_Casket sameAs Châsses_de_saint_Thomas_Becket.
- Becket_Casket sameAs m.04cwtpv.
- Becket_Casket sameAs Q2967772.
- Becket_Casket sameAs Q2967772.
- Becket_Casket sameAs Becket_Casket.
- Becket_Casket wasDerivedFrom Becket_Casket?oldid=594578756.
- Becket_Casket depiction Becket_casket.jpg.
- Becket_Casket isPrimaryTopicOf Becket_Casket.
