English: The Brescia Casket or Lipsanotheca (in Italian often just the Lipsanoteca) is an ivory box, perhaps a reliquary, from the late 4th century, which is now in the Museo di Santa Giulia at San Salvatore in Brescia, Italy. It is a virtually unique survival of a complete Early Christian ivory box in generally good condition. The 36 subjects depicted on the box represent a wide range of the images found in the evolving Christian art of the period, and their identification has generated a great deal of art-historical discussion, though the high quality of the carving has never been in question.

At some point it was dismantled and the panels displayed laid out flat on a board forming a cross shape with a frame. The box was restored and re-assembled in 1928.

Autore: Alinari, Fratelli (1852/ ), fotografo principale Luogo e data della ripresa: Brescia (BS), secondo quarto XX Materia/tecnica: albumina/carta Misure: 24 x 30 Note: La Lipsanoteca è stat ripristinata nella sua forma di cofanetto nel 1928.

Collocazione: Milano (MI), Raccolte Grafiche e Fotografiche del Castello Sforzesco. Civico Archivio Fotografico, RI 2727