http://collections.mfa.org/internal/media/dispatcher/1030881/resize%3Aformat%3DfullReliquary casket ("Emly Shrine")late 7th–early 8th centuryChamplevé enamel on bronze over yew wood; gilt bronze moldings, inlay of lead-tin alloyCarved from a single block of wood, the body and lid have bronze moldings applied with small nails on the edges. Attached to the ridgepole of the sloped roof are bird's-head terminals in green, yellow and red (now brown) enamel and a central boss-repeating the shape of the shrine- with a grid of yellow and green enamel. Only the front is decorated with thin strips of a lead-tin alloy hammered into a repetitive step pattern around central crosses engraved in the wood and with three medallions with yellow and green enamel arranged in a geometric pattern of concentric circles. There are two hinges on the back and an interior clasp on the front.Enamels9.2000000000 Centimeter10.5000000000 Centimeterhttp://collections.mfa.org/objects/52287/rdf