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Cruz

ca. 1150–60
On view at The Met Cloisters in Gallery 14
Casi cien figuras y otras tantas inscripciones aparecen en esta cruz, tallada por ambas caras. La complejidad del programa epigráfico y la indumentaria de ciertas figuras indican que fue creada para un monasterio. Las escenas en las placas cuadradas del frente culminan en la Ascensión de Cristo. En el reverso, profetas sostienen banderolas inscritas con sus propias palabras, interpretadas como anuncio de la Crucifixión. Otras inscripciones se refieren a disputas teológicas entre cristianos y judíos. Tanto si las inscripciones aportaban argumentos para el debate como si eran invectivas, la cruz se hace eco de la creciente animosidad contra los judíos en el transcurso del siglo XII.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Título: Cruz
  • Fecha: ca. 1150–1160
  • Geografía: Inglaterra
  • Material: Marfil (morsa)
  • Dimensiones: 57,5 x 36,2 cm
  • Crédito: Colección de Los Claustros, 1963
  • Número de inventario: 63.12
  • Curatorial Department: Medieval Art and The Cloisters

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