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Death of St. Maurice on the Reliquary by Abbot Nantelme, 1225AD.
Monastery of Saint Maurice, Agaunum, Valais, Switzerland.

Châsse de l’Abbé Nantelme Nantelme, mort en 1259, est un prélat catholique du XIIIe siècle, qui fut abbé de Saint-Maurice durant 35 ans. En 1225, il commanda une châsse et en précisa le décor, mettant en parallèle les représentations de la vie du Christ aux scènes de la vie des martyrs honorés à Saint-Maurice. Source: Fondation de l’Abbaye de Saint-Maurice

Shrine of Abbot Nantelme Nantelme, who died in 1259, is a 13th century Catholic prelate who was Abbot of Saint-Maurice for 35 years. In 1225, he ordered a reliquary and specified the decoration, comparing the representations of the life of Christ to the scenes of the life of the martyrs honored at Saint-Maurice.

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In 1225, the abbot at Saint-Maurice d’Agaune commissioned a shrine to hold the remains of the saint. The shrine is formed as an elongated house with a simple row. The decoration consists of engraved scenes framed by bands of foliage. On one side of the roof, the saint is enthroned between Sigismund and Gundobald, who is depicted next to Giscald. On the other side is a scene of the crucifixion. At the gable ends, the three magi visits the enthroned Virgin, while Christ is blessing the world on the opposite side.
Source: Medieval Histories