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Description: | Cast copper-alloy cruciform pendant/mount. Each arm has expanded ends and there is a circular perforation with a diameter of 3.5mm down through the centre. The front and reverse surfaces are decorated with crudely engraved religious motifs. One surface depicts the crucifixion with Christ wearing a crude crown of thorns, and the areas around, which are enclosed within an engraved linear border are infilled with cross-hatching. The upper edge is damaged on this side with a V-shaped notch missing from the top to Christ?s head. The other side depicts the robed figure of St. John the Apostle holding a book in his left hand and possibly a lamb at his feet. The arm above the head and the side arms have an incised border infilled with horizontal and oblique lines. Traces of gilding on all surfaces; on the front and reverse surfaces this is now limited to the engraved areas, but on all other surfaces the survival of heavy gilding is good. This mount may have been suspended via a cord which was then knotted to secure it. It was obviously intended to be viewed from both sides, and therefore its interpretation as a pendant seems most likely. The wear signs close to the top are consistent with this theory. The style of the engraving and the iconography are very similar to iconographic finger-rings of the same period. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Temporal: | 1500
1600 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Sally Worrell | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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