Staffordshire hoard cross (UEB contracted)

Synopsis

This page shows an image of a Christian cross. There is a locator dot shown, which will be at the top left of the page when the image is the correct way up. There is a front view of the cross in the centre of the page and a detail of the decoration in the bottom right of the page. The centre of the cross is set with a large garnet stone. The four arms of the cross have decorated arms. The ones to the left, right and up the page have a garnet stone set at the end. The rounded end has two small decorative œears. The arm going down the page is longer and has an oval garnet set in the middle. Three arms at the top each have one decorative panel. The long arm at the bottom has two panels. This arm widens at the end but does not have a garnet set in it. The detail to the right shows one of the decorative panels. There are two wide paths which intertwine twice. Two other thinner lines intertwine with the wide paths and each other. There is a decorative shape at the end of each wide path and four smaller shapes in the middle of the panel. There is a small piece of detailing at the bottom end of the panel. This is a reconstruction of the cross which was found folded up with two of the smaller garnets missing. The large stone was also missing so it is not certain it was a garnet, it may have been a rock crystal. The cross is 114 x 71 mm in size.

Book details

Author:

Rnib

ISBN:

N/A

Publisher:

RNIB

Pages:

N/A

Reading age:

Not specified

Includes images:

No

Date of addition:

2017-05-10

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Copyright

Copyright date:

2011

Copyright by:

RNIB 

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Categories:

History