sacredimages:Crucifix 01historiated:Detail of the front of the Bury St. Edmund’s Cross with attached
sacredimages:Crucifix 01historiated:Detail of the front of the Bury St. Edmund’s Cross with attached crucifix, walrus ivory cross c. 1140. Created by Master Hugo at Bury St. Edmund’s, England. This altar cross measures approximately twenty-two and three-quarter inches in height.The front of the cross depicts the cross as the Tree of Life and includes carvings at its base of Adam and Eve, in which Christ is to be interpreted as the second Adam. The central medallion, also called the Moses medallion, features a scene taken from Old Testament texts in which Moses raises a serpent on a staff, which was interpreted by medieval Christians as a typology for the crucifixion of Christ. Image taken from ARTstor. -- source link
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