Half of a Reliquary Pendant Cross
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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 Saint John the Evangelist holding his gospel before him with both hands. He is identified by the inscription over his head in Greek.
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