Cross
ca. 1400 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
FRENCH; about 1400
Oak. From a rood screen; the arms are decorated with raised borders and crockets and terminates in quatrefoil compartments filled in with the symbols of the four evangelists. The figure of Christ which was originally attached is missing.
Oak. From a rood screen; the arms are decorated with raised borders and crockets and terminates in quatrefoil compartments filled in with the symbols of the four evangelists. The figure of Christ which was originally attached is missing.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Oak |
| Brief description | Oak cross from a rood screen; French, c.1400, carved. Ex Peyre Collection. |
| Physical description | FRENCH; about 1400 Oak. From a rood screen; the arms are decorated with raised borders and crockets and terminates in quatrefoil compartments filled in with the symbols of the four evangelists. The figure of Christ which was originally attached is missing. |
| Dimensions | Taken from department file: H 5 ft 4.5 in x W 5 ft (feet and inches) H 163.83 cm x W 152.4 cm (centimetres) |
| Object history | Purchased for £10. Part of the Ex Peyre Collection. |
| Bibliographic reference | Charles Tracey, 2001, p 178.
'J/ 8. The Victoria and Albert Museum, London (Plate 180) Oak, Northern French. c.l500 l65cm x l52cm (5ft.3in. x 5ft.) Museum Acq. No. 600-1895 (Ex Peyre Collection). (For V & A Museum, see also F/6, F/7, F/8,F/9, J/10, L/7, M/18, M/19 and M/20) A cross from a rood screen, with Evangelist symbols in quatrefoils at each of the four corners (Plate 180). There is an iron hook for the Crucifix at the base of the central boss. The Cross Was originally decorated along the edges of the shafts with leaf crockets. These are now much damaged, and there are many missing. There are traces of gesso to indicate that the cross was originally polychromed. A roughly contemporary Wooden rood cross survives in France, at Marpent, Brittany. Of interest in this connection is the Crucifix at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London from the Brabant/Hainault region of the Low Countries, dated to c.148O (Plate 181 and Williamson 2002).' |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 600-1895 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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