Architectural Relief with Birds and Crosses
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-07-16T16:31:04Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2022-07-16T16:31:04Z | |
| dc.description | This architectural relief fragment features typically ambiguous Early Christian iconography inherited from the period when Christianity was a banned and persecuted religion. The motifs include a highly stylized bird (possibly a dove representing the Holy Spirit) and two crossed disguised within acceptable Greek motifs- a palmette design on the left and interlaced fretwork on the right. The fragment probably comes from a church, possibly from the side of an arched doorway or the wall above an altar or shrine. | |
| dc.description.sponsorship | Gift of Mark Sponenburgh | |
| dc.format.medium | Sculpture | |
| dc.format.medium | Limestone | |
| dc.identifier.other | SPG99.06 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10177/20374 | |
| dc.relation.ispartof | Hallie Ford Museum of Art, Willamette University, Salem Oregon | |
| dc.relation.ispartof | Ancient Art Collection | |
| dc.rights | For use information see: http://www.willamette.edu/arts/hfma/collections/copyright.html | |
| dc.title | Architectural Relief with Birds and Crosses | |
| dspace.iiif.enabled | TRUE | |
| iiif.canvas.naming | Image | |
| local.culture | Ancient Mediterannean / Egypt / Coptic | |
| local.mastercopy | HfmoaVolume29/SPG99-06.jpg |