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Canterbury Cross
CANCM:6421 - Canterbury Cross; copper alloy and silver cruciform brooch. Found St. George's Street, Canterbury, during laying of drainage in 1867. Dated to c.850. Acquired from Dr. H. Wacher.
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All images © Canterbury City Museums.
Cross-shaft
AN00247059_001_l. Fragment of tapered limestone cross-shaft of rectangular section, carved in low relief on all sides. There is damage on all surfaces. Two apparently secondary features are, on the face (c), an upward-angled, drilled hole above the…
Tags: Archaeology, Art history, British Museum, Cross, Religion, Stonework
Crucifixion Panel
2006AM6059_jpg_l. This panel representing the Crucifixion was probably made in the late 10th century or early 11th century in England. The representation of the Crucifixion with Longinus and Stephaton alone, without the Virgin and St. John, as on…
Tags: Archaeology, Art history, Cross, Ivory, Religion, V&A
Easby Cross
2008BV1261_jpg_l. The monumental free standing cross was a phenomenon unique to the British Isles and Ireland, and this is one of the finest surviving examples. Carved with great skill, the decoration unites interlace patterns of the British Isles…
Tags: Archaeology, Art history, Cross, Religion, Stonework, V&A
Fragment of Saxon cross - Kingston upon Thames
Kingston upon Thames, or Cyninges-tun as it was known in Saxon times, plays an important part in Anglo-Saxon history, for two main reasons. First, in 838 AD King Egbert of Wessex held a Great Council at Kingston. The Council was attended by the…
Tags: Archaeology, Cross, Religion, Stonework
Gold Reliquary Cross
2006BC6621_jpg_l and 2006BC6622_jpg_l. The cross is one of the rare surviving pieces which give substance to descriptions in contemporary documentary sources of the sumptuous church furnishings of pre-Conquest England. The enamels are unique in…
Tags: Archaeology, Art history, Cross, Inscription, Religion, V&A
Holderness Cross
Ashmolean Museum inventory no. AN1999.206. Gold and garnet. Early 7th century pectoral cross pendant, decorated with cloisonné work inlaid with garnets. Single sheet gold back-plate. Only 58 of the original 95 gems survive. Discovered in the 1960s…
Tags: Archaeology, Art history, Ashmolean Museum, Cross, Jewellery, Religion
Ivory Cross
The delicately carved archer on the lid of this cross probably represents a figure from the Old Testament: Ishmael, son of Abraham. The reverse shows the Lamb of God surrounded by the four symbols of the evangelists. The cross originally formed a…
Tags: Archaeology, Art history, Cross, Ivory, Religion, V&A
Ivory Tau Cross Head
2006AD1299_jpg_l. This is a head of an Anglo-Saxon tau cross in walrus ivory. The tau cross is a form of crozier head, named for its shape after the Greek letter T. The winged seraph is a reference to the vision of Isaiah in which singed seraphim…
Tags: Archaeology, Art history, Cross, Ivory, Religion, V&A