The great churches of the Middle Ages frequently kept lists of the relics they possessed. There are certainly hundreds and perhaps thousands of such lists, detailing a vast number of holy objects, the majority of them corporeal remains. Analysis of these lists can throw light on such subjects as the geographical patterns of individual cults, but they can also be approached as a gateway to the specific sacral profile of a particular church. The relic list compiled by Geoffroy de Courlon, monk of St.-Pierre-le-Vif of Sens, in 1293, will be analysed for what it shows of the composition of the relic collection of the monastery and the process whereby it was assembled.

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