The Agate Casket in the Cámara Santa of the Cathedral of Oviedo

Abstract

The Agate Casket is the third of the great jewels from the Early Middle Ages hold in the Treasury of the Oviedo’s Cathedral. However, it has not been loant a historiographical attention comparable to that dedicated to both the two famous jewellery crosses. Drawing on the information obtained through the restoration process, this paper aims to offer a detailed description of the object, and to establish the main lines of its monographical study, from the choosing of its design to a proposal on its originary function.

Keywords

• arqueta de las ágatas
• cámara santa de la catedral de oviedo
• orfebrería de la alta edad media
• reino de asturias.