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The Cloisters Cross (front) The Cloisters Cross (reverse) The Cloisters Cross (also known as the Bury St Edmunds Cross), is a complex 12th-century ivory Romanesque altar cross or processional cross. It is named after The Cloisters, part of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, which acquired it in 1963.
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 first appearances of a cross upon the altar occurred approximately in the 6th century, although it remained unusual for several centuries, and even discouraged. 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.
The Cross of Lothair or Lothair Cross (German: Lotharkreuz) is a crux gemmata (jewelled cross) processional cross dating from about 1000 AD, though its base dates from the 14th century. It was made in Germany, probably at Cologne . [ 1 ]
Christian crosses are used widely in churches, on top of church buildings, on bibles, in heraldry, in personal jewelry, on hilltops, and elsewhere as an attestation or other symbol of Christianity. Crosses are a prominent feature of Christian cemeteries, either carved on gravestones or as sculpted stelae.
A crucifer carrying a cross. A crucifer or cross-bearer is, in some Christian churches (particularly the Roman Catholic Church, Anglican Communion, Lutherans, and United Methodist Church), a person appointed to carry the church's processional cross, a cross or crucifix with a long staff, during processions at the beginning and end of the service.
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."
The crannog on Lough Tully near the cross's find spot. [4] The Tully Lough Cross was found by a diver in July 1986 at the bed of Tully Lough, County Roscommon, near a crannog (an artificial island used for dwelling). The divers failed, as required by law, to report the finding to the Irish government, and attempted to sell the item to a number ...