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crucifix
Production: Unknown
Bronze with loop at the top for suspension. A rather large example of a type thought to have been produced in Syria between the 5th and 11th centuries and dated on the basis of stylistic similarities to a group of inscribed bronze censers.
History note: Found Haddenham 1977
Bought through the Applied Arts Duplicate Fund
Height: 8.85 cm
Width: 5.9 cm
Method of acquisition: Bought (1978)
6th Century-8th Century
Circa
500
CE
-
800
CE
David Buckton, Byzantium, Treasures of Byzantine Art and Culture, 1994, doubts whether the depression on the back ever held a relic, although it may have been intended to hold one, because the depression is too shallow.
Accession number: M.11-1978
Primary reference Number: 14150
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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