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On display at V&A South Kensington
Jewellery, Rooms 91, The William and Judith Bollinger Gallery

Cross

1450-1500 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Pendant crucifix, silver, silver gilt, with trefoil shaped ends, the sides moulded and pierced with holes to form quatrefoils, a suspension ring above.On the front, the crucifix figure, the titulus and the symbols of the Evangelists, all cast in relief. The cross is sketchily engraved behind the crucifix figure, and the arms are engraved with a stem of three roses on a hatched ground. The titulus is inscribed 'INRI' [Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews] in Gothic letters. At the top is a ring for suspension, on the reverse is a cavity for a relic.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Silver, silver gilt, cast, engraved
Brief description
Cross, silver, silver gilt, with the corpus of Christ and the symbols of the Evangelists. Germany, 1450-1500.
Physical description
Pendant crucifix, silver, silver gilt, with trefoil shaped ends, the sides moulded and pierced with holes to form quatrefoils, a suspension ring above.On the front, the crucifix figure, the titulus and the symbols of the Evangelists, all cast in relief. The cross is sketchily engraved behind the crucifix figure, and the arms are engraved with a stem of three roses on a hatched ground. The titulus is inscribed 'INRI' [Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews] in Gothic letters. At the top is a ring for suspension, on the reverse is a cavity for a relic.
Dimensions
  • Height: 8.6cm
  • Width: 6.8cm
Marks and inscriptions
'INRI'
Translation
Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Lightbown, Ronald. Medieval European Jewellery: with a catalogue of the collection in the Victoria & Albert Museum. London: Victoria & Albert Museum, 1992. cat. 51. p. 509.
Collection
Accession number
M.303-1912

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Record createdDecember 15, 1999
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