Half of a Reliquary Pendant Cross
Not on view
Copper alloy reliquary crosses were popular in the Orthodox world in the Byzantine and post Byzantine centuries. They were composed of two halves joined by a hinge. Here the surviving side of such a reliquary presents the Virgin standing in the orant prayer pose with hands upraised at the center of the cross. On the ends of the arms are medallions with busts of the four evangelists holding their gospels.
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