cross
- Museum number
- 1987,1203.1
- Description
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Silver sheet appliqués (x4) from the backs of the arms of a cross (central panel missing); each is tongue-shaped with a roundel at the end containing a winged evangelist symbol with a book, in repoussé: a lion at top, ox on right, eagle on left and a man on foot; spiral scroll borders; there are also 7 stars on upper arm, a peacock on each lateral arm, and a cross above a tree-of-life on the foot; flanged edges.
- Production date
- 8thC-9thC
- Dimensions
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Length: 119 millimetres (foot)
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Length: 79 millimetres (lateral arms)
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Length: 91 millimetres (top)
- Curator's comments
- Possibly from a reliquary cross, or pendant cross from an altar; the centre panel may have concealed a relic; perhaps North Italian, as the decoration has parallels in stone carvings from Lombard Italy of the 8th and 9th centuries.
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
2003 15 May-30 Sep, London, The British Library, The Painted Labyrinth: The World of the Lindisfarne Gospels
- Acquisition date
- 1987
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- 1987,1203.1
