Cross

Museum number:
7-5499
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21070005499
Accession number:
Acc.2358
Description:
Cross; metal; traveling; blue enamel background; central part is crucifixion; sun at left; moon at right; four figures, left to right represent St. Mary (Mary Magdalen), Mother of God, St. John the Evangelist and the Centurion Longimus; two archangels of the Lord above; height 16.5 cm. (Skull at the base indicates location of the actual crucifixion (Golgotha), Greek corruption of Hebrew for “Place of the Skulls.” Cost $75.00.
Donor:
Design Department (UC Berkeley), Eugen Neuhaus, Older University Collections, and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Russia
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Crosses (visual works)
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Department:
Europe and western Russia (except Classical Mediterranean)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 5 titled Cross, accession number 7-5499, described as Cross; metal; traveling; blue enamel background; central part is crucifixion; sun at left; moon at right; four figures, left to right represent St. Mary (Mary Magdalen), Mother of God, St. John the Evangelist and the Centurion Longimus; two archangels of the Lord above; height 16.5 cm. (Skull at the base indicates location of the actual crucifixion (Golgotha), Greek corruption of Hebrew for “Place of the Skulls.” Cost $75.00.Hearst Museum object 2 of 5 titled Cross, accession number 7-5499, described as Cross; metal; traveling; blue enamel background; central part is crucifixion; sun at left; moon at right; four figures, left to right represent St. Mary (Mary Magdalen), Mother of God, St. John the Evangelist and the Centurion Longimus; two archangels of the Lord above; height 16.5 cm. (Skull at the base indicates location of the actual crucifixion (Golgotha), Greek corruption of Hebrew for “Place of the Skulls.” Cost $75.00.Hearst Museum object 3 of 5 titled Cross, accession number 7-5499, described as Cross; metal; traveling; blue enamel background; central part is crucifixion; sun at left; moon at right; four figures, left to right represent St. Mary (Mary Magdalen), Mother of God, St. John the Evangelist and the Centurion Longimus; two archangels of the Lord above; height 16.5 cm. (Skull at the base indicates location of the actual crucifixion (Golgotha), Greek corruption of Hebrew for “Place of the Skulls.” Cost $75.00.Hearst Museum object 4 of 5 titled Cross, accession number 7-5499, described as Cross; metal; traveling; blue enamel background; central part is crucifixion; sun at left; moon at right; four figures, left to right represent St. Mary (Mary Magdalen), Mother of God, St. John the Evangelist and the Centurion Longimus; two archangels of the Lord above; height 16.5 cm. (Skull at the base indicates location of the actual crucifixion (Golgotha), Greek corruption of Hebrew for “Place of the Skulls.” Cost $75.00.Hearst Museum object 5 of 5 titled Cross, accession number 7-5499, described as Cross; metal; traveling; blue enamel background; central part is crucifixion; sun at left; moon at right; four figures, left to right represent St. Mary (Mary Magdalen), Mother of God, St. John the Evangelist and the Centurion Longimus; two archangels of the Lord above; height 16.5 cm. (Skull at the base indicates location of the actual crucifixion (Golgotha), Greek corruption of Hebrew for “Place of the Skulls.” Cost $75.00.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cross, accession number 7-5499, described as Cross; metal; traveling; blue enamel background; central part is crucifixion; sun at left; moon at right; four figures, left to right represent St. Mary (Mary Magdalen), Mother of God, St. John the Evangelist and the Centurion Longimus; two archangels of the Lord above; height 16.5 cm. (Skull at the base indicates location of the actual crucifixion (Golgotha), Greek corruption of Hebrew for “Place of the Skulls.” Cost $75.00.

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