The Aachen Cathedral Treasury ("Aachener Domschatz") is one of the largest and most important treasuries of medieval Christian artworks in Europe. The treasury has over a hundred works that are exhibited in a museum adjacent to the Aachen Cathedral – the monumental church of Charlemagne, which together with the treasury was added to the first UNESCO World Cultural Heritage list in 1978.


Two relief panels
with apparitions of Christ after Easter
Carolingian Diptych

Ivory, Aachen, first quarter of 9th c.
Utilised as book cover in the 14 c.