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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