This approach to display creates a multi-part saint that appears as and is articulated like a medieval automaton. These ideas are exemplified in the Treasury at Basel Cathedral, located in Basel, Switzerland, which displays their collection of reliquaries/ relics in that of a human form atop the altar at least seven times a year. ![]() Body-part reliquaries/ relics simulated life through their performance, appearance, ability to express power, and their presentation on the altar. This paper explores the relationship between reliquaries/ relics and medieval automata and addresses how they served as the tangible connection between the earthly and the divine. ![]() During the Middle Ages, it was believed that the saints’ latent bodies had a potential to awaken and become active due to the power within their relics, which were encased in reliquaries.
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