Cross: Virgin and Child with Saints, Busts
Item
- Work Number
- 580150
- Title
- Cross: Virgin and Child with Saints, Busts
- Description
- Cast metal reliquary cross. In roundels on each arm of the cross is an icon of an evangelist. In the center is the Theotokos and the Christ Child.
- Medium
- Metalwork
- Language
- Greek
- Subject
- Christ Child
- Evangelists
- John, the Apostle, Saint
- Luke, Saint
- Mark, Saint
- Matthew, the Apostle, Saint
- Theotokos SEE Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint and related entries.
- Bibliographic Citation
- Weitzmann, Kurt. "Mount Sinai's Holy Treasures," National Geographic, 125, 1964, p. 123, ill.
- Provenance
- Gallery, case 4
- Item sets
- Liturgical Objects (in progess)
