MEDIEVAL INSCRIBED BANDS FROM A RELIQUARY SHRINE German, Rhineland or Valley of the Meuse, Ca. AD 1200 A pair of inscribed bands from a reliquary shrine. They are partially gilded and have champlevé enamelled copper. Inscribed: DISCE FIDEM PATRUM and SPEM MORE. Exhibited: Zurich, Kunsthaus, E and M Kofler-Truniger Collection, 1964, no. 842; Kansas City, Nelson Atkins Museum of Art, Medieval enamels and sculptures from the Keir Collection, 1983, no. 13. Literature: Sammlung E. und M. Kofler-Truniger, Luzern, exhib. cat. Kunsthaus Zürich, Zurich, 1964, p. 93, no. 842; H. Schnitzler, P. Bloch and C. Ratton, Email, Goldschmiede- und Metallarbeiten. Europäisches Mittelalter, Sammlung E. und M. Kofler-Truniger, Luzern, Lucerne/ Stuttgart, 1965, vol. II, E36, pl. 36; M. Stokstad, Medieval enamels and sculptures from the Keir Collection, exhib. cat. Nelson Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, 1983, no. 8. Exhibited: Zurich, Kunsthaus, E and M Kofler-Truniger Collection, 1964, no. 842; Kansas City, Nelson Atkins Museum of Art, Medieval enamels and sculptures from the Keir Collection, 1983, no. 13. Literature: Sammlung E. und M. Kofler-Truniger, Luzern, exhib. cat. Kunsthaus Zürich, Zurich, 1964, p. 93, no. 842; H. Schnitzler, P. Bloch and C. Ratton, Email, Goldschmiede- und Metallarbeiten. Europäisches Mittelalter, Sammlung E. und M. Kofler-Truniger, Luzern, Lucerne/ Stuttgart, 1965, vol. II, E36, pl. 36; M. Stokstad, Medieval enamels and sculptures from the Keir Collection, exhib. cat. Nelson Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, 1983, no. 8. Size: 110-240mm x 45607mm; Weight: 70g Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Sotheby's European Sculpture & Works of Art: Medieval to Modern, London, 03 Jul 2012, L12230, LOT 17. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.