Aachen - Cathedral Treasury

The Aachen Cathedral Treasury ("Aachener Domschatz") is one of the largest and most important treasuries of medieval Christian artworks in Europe. The treasury has over a hundred works that are exhibited in a museum adjacent to the Aachen Cathedral – the monumental church of Charlemagne, which together with the treasury was added to the first UNESCO World Cultural Heritage list in 1978.

The Cross of Lothar / Lotharkreuz

This half-meter tall Ottonian processional cross dates from around 1000 and is still in occasional use. The oak cross is encased in gold and silver and adorned with over a hundred gemstones and 35 pearls. The cameo of Emperor Augustus at the crossing is from the first century. The back, in contrast, is plain with a simple engraving of Christ on the Cross.

Rhineland (Cologne?), last quarter of 10th c.