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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 Cross of the Field, also known as the Cross of the Oriflamme, is a Greek cross with arms slightly expanded at the ends, with an extension on the lower arm making it a Latin cross. It is 42 centimeters high, 28.5 centimeters wide and 5 centimeters thick, consisting of a walnut wood core entirely covered with pure silver foil with gilded ...
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 ...
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.
While the coat of arms of the Holy See combines the tiara with the crossed keys of St. Peter, that of the Lisbon Patriarchate combines it with a processional cross and a pastoral staff. The red and gold striped umbraculum or pavilion was originally a processional canopy or sunshade and can be found so depicted as early as the 12th century. [83]
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.
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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.