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The Cross of Cong, Irish, 12th century A processional cross carried during the entrance procession of a Catholic Mass Russian Orthodox Crucession with lantern, processional cross and banners. A processional cross is a crucifix or cross which is carried in Christian processions. [1] Such crosses have a long history: the Gregorian mission of ...
The Tully Lough Cross is an 8th- or 9th-century Irish altar or processional cross discovered in 1986 at the bottom of Tully Lough, County Roscommon. Although its origin is unknown, archaeologists associate it with a church in Kilmore, County Cavan .
The Senkschmelzen Cross in the exhibition Gold vor Schwarz (Gold on Black) The Cross' enamel of the crucifixion (actual size 7.8x6.5 cm). The Cross with large enamels, or Senkschmelz Cross, known in German as the Senkschmelzen-Kreuz or the Kreuz mit den großen Senkschmelzen (Cross with large senkschmelz enamels), is a processional cross in the Essen Cathedral Treasury which was created under ...
In 1764 Count Bartolomeo Martinengo, president of the Company of the Custodians of the Holy Crosses, had an exact copy of the Cross of the Field made to be used as a processional cross for the regular processions organized by the company, thus avoiding the need to take out the real cross on each occasion. [29]
Lloyd used the chased silver technique, and said it had taken 267,000 hammer blows to make. The silver for the cross is from recycled bullion by the Llantrisant-based Royal Mint. The cross was hallmarked by the London Assay Office, with Charles III applying the Royal Mark of a leopard's head at Goldsmiths' Hall in London in November 2022. [3]
When it was used, it seems to have been only during the actual service, and was likely a processional cross detachable from its staff, and placed on the altar after processing. This was at first almost always a cross rather than a true crucifix ; these began to be made specifically for altars in the late 11th century, [ 2 ] and became more ...
The Cross of Mathilde is generally considered the weakest of the four Essen processional crosses in artistic terms, [2] Pothmann considers the artistry and craftsmanship to be not as high as the others. [3] In 1904, Humann described it as a "cluttered grandeur and, every respect, a cruder image."
Cross of Otto and Mathilde, part of the Essen Cathedral Treasury. The Cross of Otto and Mathilde, Otto-Mathilda Cross, or First Cross of Mathilde (German: Otto-Mathilden-Kreuz) is a medieval crux gemmata (jewelled cross) processional cross in the Essen Cathedral Treasury. It was created in the late tenth century and was used on high holidays ...