This processional cross is composed of four different brass pieces soldered or riveted together and fastened by copper pins: the large lozenge-shaped cross, two rectangular “handles” directly beneath it, and the shaft.
The lozenge-shaped cross features the same decoration on both sides. At the center is a cross with its arms and crossing articulated by a beaded outline. This cross is also marked by two intersecting hatched lines that suggest the depiction of rope that binds the vertical and horizontal arms together. The four ends of the cross are adorned with cross-shaped finials incised with lines and dots that form additional cross patterns. This central cross is encircled by a complex lattice-work of abstract bird forms that are organized in groups of three, and punctuated at the left, right, and upper points by a motif consisting of two birds flanking a cross.
The cone-shaped shaft is hollow, allowing for it to be placed on a pole and processed in the liturgy.
Lynn Jones, in Peregrinations: Journal of Medieval Art & Architecture 8, no. 1 (Spring 2022): 85. https://digital.kenyon.edu/perejournal/vol8/iss1/1/
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