The Aachen Altar (de: Aachener Altar) or Passion Altar (Passionsaltar) is a late gothic passion triptych in the Aachen Cathedral Treasury, made by the so-called Master of the Aachen Altar around 1515/20 in Cologne, Germany.
One conceptional area is the documentation of the Cathedral as the church of Charlemagne.
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The reliquaries and the so-called Hungarian Donations, as well as pictures and sculptures of the Theotokos are displayed here.
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In August of that year the treasure was taken to the Collegium Liborianum, the Capuchin Monetary in Paderborn, where the three items of Imperial Regalia hitherto in the possession of the Cathedral college (the Carolingian Coronation Gospels, the Sabre of Charlemagne and St. Stephen's Purse were separated and taken to Vienna.
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These items included the Karlsschrein, the Marienschrein, Bust of Charlemagne, the Cross of Lothar, the ivories, the codices, and the two great Gothic reliquaries (Charlemagne's reliquary and Three Towers reliquary).
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