Essen Cathedral Treasury

Essen Cathedral Treasury chamber next to Essen Minster
Reliquary from the abandoned altars of Ostchores in Essen Minster, dating from 1054.
These Burgundian fibulae are a highlight of the treasury. In total, the treasury contains sixteen of these rare pieces of jewelry from the fourteenth century.

The Essen Cathedral Treasury (German: Essener Domschatz) is one of the most significant collections of religious artworks in Germany. A great number of items of treasure are accessible to the public in the treasury chamber of Essen Minster. The cathedral chapter manages the treasury chamber, not as a museum as in some places, but as the place in which liturgical implements and objects are kept, which continued to be used to this day in the service of God, so far as their conservation requirements allow.[1]

  1. ^ "Website of the Treasury". Archived from the original on 2013-10-14. Retrieved 2014-01-06.