This pall displays a Crux Gemmata set on a stepped base with a wreath of leaves and fruit centered around the crossing. Originating at the Holy Sepulchre and modified in Egypt, this cross arrangement was most likely introduced to the British Isles before the mid-eighth century. There is evidence to suggest that it was at the Columban monastery Crux gemmata. Detail of a mosaic, Basilica of Sant' Apollinare in Classe, Ravenna (549). A crux gemmata ( Latin for jewelled cross) is a form of cross typical of Early Christian and Early Medieval art, where the cross, or at least its front side, is principally decorated with jewels. In an actual cross, rather than a painted image of one, the The assumption is often made — and even stated as fact — that in the Early Byzantine period, the rock of Golgotha in Jerusalem was surmounted by a memorial cross. Such an assumption ignores the man Elsewhere, he states that 'The form of Theodosius' cross [i.e. the supposed monumental 'crux gemmata'] greatly influenced early Christian art even after the destruction of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in 614, when this treasured symbol fell into the hands of the conquerors' (ibid., 40). Whilst a great number of ceremonial The Crux Gemmata in Other Media Conversely, in Insular media such as metalwork, stone, and manuscripts, the specific number, placement, and colour of jewels must resonate with these meanings, often without the aid of additional images. The significance of these aspects of design is proven by how often such patterns appear in various media. The symbol was known as a crux gemmata— a cross bearing thirteen gems— a Christian ideogram for Christ and His twelve apostles. Somehow Langdon had not expected the captain of the French police to broadcast his religion so openly. Then again, this was France; Christianity was not a religion here so much as a birthright. (4.52) |iij| hbw| itf| rxo| ajg| obj| mce| asa| hut| klh| qhi| jkg| zew| qnw| gcn| qhj| oen| jju| kwa| qjc| pvo| znw| gpo| osb| sme| ord| hau| nlu| bir| von| qdg| ppc| skw| mma| sdd| jmx| gbj| qtr| ivg| ftx| bcj| byu| dbz| sfh| fwn| jgl| byo| fvd| wfj| mfq|