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Description: | Upper arm of a gilded and enamelled copper-alloy cross of medieval date, which joins a larger piece of a Limoges-style crucifix decorated with Christ crucified, which was found before 6/5/03 and previously recorded. Sometime in the past the newly discovered fragment has been bent backwards, the fracture being no longer clean. Above the break on the front face a reserved ring, now empty of enamel, is set on a ground, once blue but now empty. Above this, two transverse reserved bands separated by a strip of blue enamel are engraved IHS (contraction mark above the H) for Iesus Hominum Salvator (Jesus saviour of mankind), and XRS (an abbreviation of the Greek word Christos). In the top part the Hand of God is reserved on a blue ground and emerges from a white, blue and red cloud. Four tiny reserved dots denote stars. The reverse face is engraved with two flowers within a scroll to match the cross arms. Height 51mm, width 27mm.
Limoges-style objects were made in the late 12th and 13th centuries. This crucifix appears to have been made in one piece without separate mounts. | 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: | 1150
1300 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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