Returned to lender The Met accepts temporary loans of art both for short-term exhibitions and for long-term display in its galleries.
Cross on a Pyx
Not on view
The form of this object is unique, making its function difficult to discern. A crucifix with a typically Romanesque Christ, upright and seemingly weightless, stands upon a container shaped like a building and resting on a lion’s paws. The container has been interpreted to be a pyx, or receptacle for the host (Eucharistic wafer), to be used for the Holy Communion of the sick. The object additionally may have served as an altar cross.
This image cannot be enlarged, viewed at full screen, or downloaded.
