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Curiously, there's an even better shot at Wikimedia Commons that hasn't been added to Wikipedia's entry "Shrine of the Three Kings at Cologne Cathedral". See:
http://tinyurl.com/28nrkj
A problem with most views of this object available on the free Web is that details are muddied by being photographed through the glass of the protective display case. The Erzbistum Köln has several pages on this treasure with pop-ups that are good for details:
http://www.koelner-dom.de/16797.html
http://www.koelner-dom.de/16801.html
http://www.koelner-dom.de/16803.html
http://www.koelner-dom.de/16805.html
Here's the one for the Adoration of the Magi:
http://www.koelner-dom.de/uploads/pics/v050008.jpg
Best,
John Dillon
On Monday, January 7, 2008, at 8:26 am, Tom Izbicki wrote:
> The Wikipedia article has some nice pictures of the shrine. I
> recall
> it fondly from my one visit to Cologne.
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrine_of_the_Three_Kings_at_Cologne_Cathedral
> Tom Izbicki
>
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