cross
- Museum number
- 1998,0605.62
- Description
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Brass three-bar cross with openwork crest with six seraphim-headposts and six panels; the central panel decorated with God and two adoring angels; the remaining panels depict (from bottom left clockwise): the Presentation in the Temple; the Entry into Jerusalem; the Anastasis; the Ascension and the Old Testament Trinity; below, the crucified Christ, nimbed and wearing a loin-cloth; flanking the suppadaneum, the walls and towers of Jerusalem with below it, a skull representing Golgotha; flanking Christ, on the left, are the Virgin Mary and a second Mary, on the right, St John the Evangelist and the centurion St Longinus; in the field, various inscriptions.
- Production date
- 18thC-19thC
- Dimensions
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Height: 224 millimetres
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Width: 117 millimetres
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- Location
- Not on display
- Associated events
- Associated Event: Holy Trinity (Old Testament)
- Acquisition date
- 1998
- Acquisition notes
- Most of the items catalogued under 1998,0605 were acquired by Sir Frank Roberts’ wife, Cella.
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- 1998,0605.62