A BYZANTINE TINNED BRONZE PROCESSIONAL CROSS
A BYZANTINE TINNED BRONZE PROCESSIONAL CROSS

CIRCA 6TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.

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A BYZANTINE TINNED BRONZE PROCESSIONAL CROSS
CIRCA 6TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
19 ¾ in. (50.5 cm.) high
Provenance
Private Collection, England, 1980.
Auktion 210, Gorny & Mosch, Munich, 12 December 2012, lot 571.

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Lot Essay

One side of the cross is engraved with a vertically-oriented Greek inscription, reading: "This cross was a vow by the prebyter [priest] Rodon." The other side has a Greek inscription alluding to John 1:4-5, which says: "In him was life, and the life was the light of men."

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