Holy Thorn Reliquary
AD 1350-1400 · Resource
A lavish gold and enamel reliquary made in Paris for Jean, duc de Berry, to house a thorn from the Crown of Thorns. A supreme achievement of medieval European goldsmithing.
On these timelines: British Museum, Resources: Combined
Around 1390
- Ming dynasty (1368)
- Battle of Agincourt (1415)
- Gutenberg's printing press (1440)
- Brunelleschi's dome of Florence Cathedral (1420)
- Black Death (1346)
- Zheng He's treasure voyages (1405)
- Chaucer's Canterbury Tales (1387)
- Renaissance (1400)
- Forbidden City built (1406)
- Ming dynasty begins (1368)