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Historical Archive: Crosses and isolated Corpora to about 1150

See also Crucifixion in Christianity, Judaism iconographic index; and for large stone crosses, Insular Stone Sculpture.

silver cross, 6th-early 7th c., DO BZ.1955.17, which has its own page	cross pendant, gold, Egypt?, early 7th c., DO BZ.1937.24. For oblique view see DO.	bronze cross prob. 677-88, formerly on roof of Ravenna, Orthodox baptistery, which has its own pages.	cross, copper and silver, 8th-9th c., Sens CT C.207. This work has its own page.	Cross of Desiderius, 9th c. and later, Brescia Museum of Santa Giulia (This object has its own page.)
Beresford Hope reliquary cross: Mary, SS Peter, Andrew, John the Baptist, and Paul, enamel, gold, and silver gilt, 9th c., Italy?, V&A 265&A-1886. For reverse and profile see V&A.	cross, copper plate/glass, 9th to 10th c. Cologne, Schn G6. For oblique view see Schn.	Cross fr. West Frankish territory, gold/garnet/glass/enamel c.800, poss. fr. Quiercy, BNM 21/92	Ardennes Cross, center, c.830, Nürnberg Germanisches Nationalmuseum	Ardennes Cross, center, c.830, Nürnberg Germanisches Nationalmuseum
"The Canterbury Cross" fr. St George’s Street Canterbury; bronze, silver, niello; c.850, CHM. For a detail see CHM.	pendant cross, bronze/enamel, 10th-13th c., Novgorod AM	c.950 cross found in north mound at Jelling, which has its own page	Lothar Cross, gold and gems on wood core, c.985, AachenCT, which has its own page	Byzantine pendant cross, gold with emeralds, enamel, 11th c., V&A M.386-1911
Byzantine pectoral cross, silver, 11th-13th c., MRAH ACO.76.1.1	Byzantine pectoral cross with St. George, copper alloy, 11th-13th c., MRAH ACO.75.1.3	cross encolpion, copper alloy?: Crucifixion, Kiev c.1000-1250, MSHM	cross encolpion, copper alloy?: Virgin and Child, Kiev c.1000-1250, MSHM	cross encolpion with hinged fitting, copper alloy?: Virgin and Child, Kiev c.1000-1250, MSHM
cross encolpion, copper alloy?: engraved Virgin and Child, Kiev c.1000-1250, MSHM	pendant cross, non-ferrous metal, 11th-14th c., Novgorod AM	cross, non-ferrous metal, 11th-15th c., Novgorod AM	Crucifixion from Lewes Priory, Sussex, Eng., walrus ivory, early 11th c., BM MME 87,10-25,14	Silver Bernward cross, aft. 1007-bef. 1022, HildMus DS6, which has its own page
gold cross said to have belonged to Bernward (d. 1022), on Large Bernward cross, HildMus DS L109, which has its own page	Guelph Cross; gold, silver gilt, gems, pearls, enamel, and niello on wood core; Milan bef. 1045 or central/south Italy, early 12th c; KGM W1. This work has its own page	Countess Gertrude cross: gold, gems, and enamel on wood core, c.1045, CMA 1931.55. This object has its own page.	Count Liudolf cross: gold, gems, and enamel on wood core, c.1045, CMA 1931.461. For reverse and details see CMA.	pendant reliquary cross, walrus ivory with silver, England prob. mid-11th c., V&A A.6-1966. This work has its own page.
Osnabrück processional cross, gold and gems, c.1050 and later, Osnabrück diocesan museum. For detail see Osnabrück.	corpus from a crucifix, gold, 2nd half of 11th c., HNM	Åby crucifix, oak with copper plates/gilt/vernis brun, c.1050-1100, NMD D629. For details see Copenhagen.	Enger cross, gold and gems, c.1100, workshop of Roger von Helmarshausen, KGM 88,635. This work has its own page.	Crucifix from Lisbjerg, c.1100-25, gilded copper, NMD D287. Crucifix and altar have their own page.
Oroe Cross, early 12th c., found on the island of Oroe in the Isefjord, National Museum Copenhagen 10861. For other views see Copenhagen.	Frøslev reliquary, copper/enamel, c.1100-50, NMD D751, which has its own page	Guelph Cross; gold, silver gilt, gems, pearls, enamel, and niello on wood core; Milan bef. 1045 or central/south Italy, early 12th c; KGM W1. This work has its own page	crucified Christ, bronze, Reiner of Huy?, Liège c.1110-20, Schn H70	disc cross, copper gilt/gems, c.1140, HildMus DS27b or c. Three disc crosses at Hildesheim have their own page
Crucifixion reliquary cross plaque, enamel, Mosan mid 12th c., WAM 44.98 (This image not available at higher resolution.) For details see Walters.	Large Bernward cross, c.1150, HildMus DS L109, which has its own page