1292 - 'shrine of St. Odilia', Meuse region, Abdij Mariënlof van Colen, Kerniel, Borgloon, province of Limburg, Belgium

            The Shrine of St. Odile is the oldest known example of a painting on wood in the Low Countries (present day Belgium and the Netherlands).
It was made by an unknown Mosan painter for the Couvent des Croisiers in Huy, province of Liège, Belgium, where it was kept until the French Revolution. In 1828 a 'Crosier' with family ties in the Limburg village of Borgloon donated the piece of art to the parish church of Kerniel. Around this date the priest of Kerniel tried to make the shrine fit into a smaller niche, so he cut off the upper part, mutilating it forever.
Eventually in 1933 the shrine came into the abbey's posession where it has been admired ever since. Apparently "by tourists from around the whole world, only the Belgians don't seem to have a clue about its existence", according to the enthusiastic sister Myriam.

The painting on the shrine tells the story of the Romano-British princess St. Odile, who, together with St. Ursula and 11000 other virgins sailed out on a pilgrimage to Rome. Arriving at the gates of Cologne they were all killed in a dreadful massacre by Huns besieging the city around 383 AD.

The Huns are all portrayed wearing typical late 13th century equipment for French/German sergeants: long-sleeved mail hauberks with integral mittens and a mail coif, but lacking the mail chausses for the legs. The two Huns on the left wear cervellières (small rounded helmets) over their mail coifs. 
   

Taken in: Belgique / Limburg / Kerniel (show map)

Taken on: April 5, 2009

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Sets appears in: • 12th and 13th century (2D)

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