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Historical Archive: Reliquary of St. Oswald Saint Oswald, King of Northumbria, died 642 gold, silver, niello, enamel, and gems on wood core height 47.5 cm, diameter base 27 cm (18.7 x 10.6 inches) octagon c.1170-1190 (1185-89?), patron Mathilda of Saxony (m. Duke Henry the Lion 1168) head c.1200-1250, patron possibly Otto IV or Henry IV crown panels c.1150-1200 (bracelet or cuff), assembled c.1200, and 15th century some inscriptions 14th c.; in Hildesheim by 1409; all partly restored 1779 from the cathedral of St. Mary; part of the Guelph treasure Hildesheim, cathedral museum DS 23 full, profile full, back head, profile to right head, frontal head, profile to left; crown panels left c.1150- 1200, center c.1200, right 15th c. top of head; crown back: crest 15th c., center and right panels c.1200 lower part w. Kings Adalbert, Edmund, Sigismund; symbol Matthew in arch St. Oswald St. Edmund, King of East Anglia, d. 870 St. Alfred, King of Wessex, d. 899