Pectoral Reliquary Cross

dc.date.accessioned	2022-07-16T16:32:51Z
dc.date.available	2022-07-16T16:32:51Z
dc.description	This type of hinged pectoral cross, called an enkolpion, functioned as a container for a small relic, such as a fragment of the True Cross. Although many enkolpia of gold, silver, and precious stones were made during the Medieval period for kings and bishops, this type of cast-bronze reliquary cross would have been more typical among ordinary Christians. The cross here, which features an image of the Crucifixion on the front and the haloed Virgin Mary with her arms raised in prayer (orans) on the reverse, is connected especially with the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, which became a meeting place for Christian pilgrims. Reliquary crosses like this one, also thought to function as protective amulets, were made in Palestine and acquired by pilgrims who took them away to distant shores.
dc.description.sponsorship	Gift of A. Dean and Lucile McKenzie
dc.format.extent	2.75" x 1.25" each
dc.format.medium	Sculpture
dc.format.medium	Bronze
dc.identifier.other	2001.046
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10177/20395
dc.relation.ispartof	Hallie Ford Museum of Art, Willamette University, Salem Oregon
dc.relation.ispartof	European Art Collection
dc.rights	For use information see: http://www.willamette.edu/arts/hfma/collections/copyright.html
dc.title	Pectoral Reliquary Cross
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iiif.canvas.naming	Image
local.culture	European / Medieval
local.mastercopy	HfmoaVolume26/2001-046.jpg

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