MAKE A MEME View Large Image Byzantine - Processional or Altar Cross - Walters 57641.jpg Originally this cross had pendelia jewels crosslets or Greek letters suspended from the four holes in its horizontal arms Like other medium-sized crosses with a tang this one could ...
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Keywords: Byzantine - Processional or Altar Cross - Walters 57641.jpg Originally this cross had pendelia jewels crosslets or Greek letters suspended from the four holes in its horizontal arms Like other medium-sized crosses with a tang this one could have been carried in procession or affixed in a stand or both century 6 Late Antique silver cm 34 26 7 ; without tang cm 33 accession number 57 641 8248 Excavated in Syria 1908-1910 Tawfic Abucasem Hama and Port Said ca 1913 by purchase Joseph Brummer Paris ca 1928 by purchase Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1929 Early Christian and Byzantine Art Baltimore Museum of Art Baltimore 1947 Silver Treasure from Early Byzantium The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1986 place of origin northwest Bulgaria Walters Art Museum license Ancient Roman art in the Walters Art Museum Byzantine silver in the Walters Art Museum Byzantine crucifixes Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review
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