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Case Studies

The project focuses on wooden painted reliquaries located in Belgian churches and monasteries that survived the iconoclasm of 1566.

The following objects marked with a red dot will be studied:

CityInstitutionTitleDate
1BorgloonChurch of
St Odulphus		Shrine of
St Odilia		1292
2GeelChurch of
St Dimpna		Shrine no. 1 of
St Dimpna		1300-1400
3GeelChurch of
St Dimpna		Shrine no. 2 of St Dimpna1500-1525
4RekemChurch of
St Peter		Shrine of
St Petronilla		1490-1500
5Sint-Lievens-HoutemChurch of
St Michael		Shrine of
St Livinus		1475-1525
6Sint-TruidenChurch of
Our Lady		Shrine of
St Trudo		1500-1525
7Sint-TruidenChurch of
Our Lady		Shrine of
St Eucherius		1500-1525
8‘s Heren-elderenChurch of
St Stephen		Shrine of
St John		1475-1500
9TongerenBeguinageShrine of
St Catherine		1525-1550
10TongerenBasilica of Our LadyShrine of
St Remaclus		Ca. 1515

If you know of another shrine that is not included in this list, please let us know. Contact details can be found under the ‘Contact’ tab.