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Treasure (planned to be transferred to the diocesan museum)
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83:of liturgical or religious books, as well as
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156:Treasury of St. Vitus Cathedral
421:Treasury of St Mark's Basilica
307:Quedlinburg Cathedral Treasure
255:Halberstadt Cathedral Treasure
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468:Treasure of the Basel Minster
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448:Braga Cathedral Treasure
318:Trier Cathedral Treasury
250:Essen Cathedral Treasure
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197:Basilica of Saint-Denis
81:illuminated manuscripts
386:Iron Crown of Lombardy
334:Domschatzkammer Xanten
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265:Cathedral Treasury,
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142:Basilica of Our Lady
311:Bishopric Museums,
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191:Notre-Dame de Paris
409:Monreale Cathedral
378:Cathedral Treasure
372:Cathedral Treasure
323:Würzburg Cathedral
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108:Salzburg Cathedral
62:monastery treasure
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34:ronde-bosse enamel
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526:Church treasuries
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415:Palermo Cathedral
278:Diocesan Museum,
234:Bamberg Cathedral
228:Diocesan Museum,
175:Lincoln Cathedral
114:Imperial Treasury
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180:Durham Cathedral
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131:cathedral church
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74:reliquaries
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443:Portugal:
313:Regensburg
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189:Cathedral
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89:iconoclasm
31:Burgundian
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480:Reliquary
351:Merseburg
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280:Osnabrück
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85:vestments
58:monastery
54:cathedral
474:See also
359:Naumburg
347:Eibingen
325:Treasure
162:England
158:, Prague
146:Tongeren
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66:treasury
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343:Bautzen
267:Cologne
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355:Minden
330:Xanten
298:Speyer
293:Passau
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110:Museum
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