Historical Religious Crosses

A collection of intricately designed crosses from the 14th and 15th centuries, featuring ornate details, figures, and vibrant enamel work, reflecting spiritual artistry.

Reliquary cross

CRUZ PROCESIONAL DE ESMALTE SIGLO XIV. Location: CATEDRAL-MUSEO DIOCESANO. GERONA. SPAIN.

Cruz, siglo XIV, proveniente del monasterio de Sant Joan de les Abadesses, Museu Episcopal Vic (MEV).

Cruz de la seo de Vic. S.XIV. Author: JOAN CARBONELL.

Cruz relicario del fuste de la Vera Cruz, siglo XV. Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya.

Reliquary cross

CRUZ BIZANTINA DE ARAZURI. Location: CATEDRAL-MUSEO DIOCESANO. Pamplona. SPAIN.

Commemorative cross

Crucifix religious Christian pendant against black background.

Cruz Procesional, siglo XV. Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya.

Madrid. M.A.N. Arte Edad Media. Cruz procesional con Cristo crucificado con tres clavos y estatuillas de la Virgen y San Juan, el Tetramorfos, y en esmalte, los ladrones, San Esteban y San Lorenzo. Primera mitad s.XV. Iglesia de San Martín de la Vega, Pola de Siero, Asturias.

CRUZ PARROQUIAL- ARTE SUNTUARIO SIGLO XV. Author: RIBADEO PEDRO DE. Location: COLEGIATA. Osuna. Seville. SPAIN.

CRUZ PROCESIONAL GOTICA (1397) ANVERSO. Location: IGLESIA ARCIPRESTAL. SAN MATEO. Castellón. SPAIN.

Goldsmith's art, Italy. Processional cross

CRUZ PROCESIONAL DE ESMALTES SIGLO XIV. Location: CATEDRAL-MUSEO DIOCESANO. GERONA. SPAIN.

Processional Cross. Culture: Spanish. Dimensions: Overall: 24 1/8 x 18 1/8 in. (61.3 x 46 cm). Date: late 14th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Tripping (one handed) cross unknown

Golden decorated cross golden cross

Pere Bernés, Cruz de los esmaltes, 1360, Museu-Tresor de la Catedral de Girona / Museo Tesoro de la Catedral de Gerona.

Processional cross ca. 1460-80 Italian, Florence Inscriptions on the back of this object indicate that it served as the repository for a relic believed to be a fragment of the True Cross and that it is thought to have been made for a convent of the Poor Clares, probably in Florence. It is an extraordinary example of Florentine Renaissance metalwork, incorporating within its silver-gilt frame a series of twenty silver plaques with nielloed scenes depicting the Passion of Christ and various saints.. Processional cross 193506

Reliquary Crucifix ca. 1125-75 North Spanish Two cavities in Christs back originally held relics. The exquisite niello decoration, a black inlay containing sulfides of silver, copper, and lead, relate the cross to other goldsmiths work made in northern Spain. Whether it functioned as an altar or a processional cross or both is uncertain. The abbreviated Latin inscription identifies Christ as “Jesus of Nazarus, King of the Jews.”. Reliquary Crucifix. North Spanish. ca. 1125-75. Cross-silver, silver-gilt, niello; Corpus-Ivory, gilding. Made in Spain

Crucifix. Culture: Kongo peoples; Kongo Kingdom. Dimensions: H. 18 in. (45.7 cm), W. 8 1/2 in. (21.6 cm), D. 3/4 in. (1.8 cm). Date: 16th-17th century with later additions.At its height in the fifteenth century, the Kongo kingdom was one of the largest in all of sub-Saharan Africa, spanning 115,000 square miles. Centered on an extremely strong monarchy, the elaborate social structure was pervasive across a complex system of trade and interchange between the forest of the north and the coast and savannah plains to the south.In 1491, the Kongo king Nzinga converted to Christianity, thereby strengthening ties with his counterpart in Portugal. The adoption of Christianity allowed the kings of Kongo to participate in an international community of leaders beyond Portugal that included the Vatican. The Kongo kings found that local religious beliefs had significant parallels with Christianity and so they were easily able to synthesize the two. They did not feel that they had renounced one fo

CRUZ PROCESIONAL DE BERRIOZAR - ANVERSO. Location: CATEDRAL-MUSEO DIOCESANO. Pamplona. NAVARRA. SPAIN.

Goldsmith's art, 13th century. Processional cross in red jasper, gold and gems. Donated by Otto Visconti to Abbot Paolo da Besana, 1296. Back side.

Cruz relicario de Sant Roc, siglo XV, Tresor de la Seu.

Lazio Rieti Rieti Museo del Tesoro del Duomo8. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Photos are all of metalwork: crucifixes, chalices and monstrances in most part. Negatives without prints also show some statuary. Owner: Cathedral Object Notes: Hutzel photo campaign date: December 27, 1982. His notes indicate that this is the "Museum of the Processional Cross," however TCI indicates that it is the Museo del Tesoro del Duomo. It is also possible that negatives without prints may belong to the Museo Civico in Rieti. German-born photographer and scholar Max Hutzel (1911-1988) photographed in Italy from the early 1960s until his death. The result of this project, referred to by Hutzel as Foto Arte Minore, is thorough documentation of art historical development in Italy up to the 18th century, including objects of the Etruscans and the Romans, as well as early Medieval, Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque monuments. Images are organized by geographic region in Italy, then by province, city, site c

Pere Bernés, Cruz de los esmaltes, 1360, Museu-Tresor de la Catedral de Girona / Museo Tesoro de la Catedral de Gerona.

Crucifix and bible France.

CRISTO EN UNA CRUZ PROCESIONAL. Location: PALACIO EPISCOPAL-MUSEO DE LOS CAMINOS. ASTORGA. LEON. SPAIN.

Romanesque cross, St., Saint, Saint

CRISTO EN UNA CRUZ PROCESIONAL. Location: PALACIO EPISCOPAL-MUSEO DE LOS CAMINOS. ASTORGA. LEON. SPAIN.

Lazio Rieti Rieti Museo del Tesoro del Duomo3. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Photos are all of metalwork: crucifixes, chalices and monstrances in most part. Negatives without prints also show some statuary. Owner: Cathedral Object Notes: Hutzel photo campaign date: December 27, 1982. His notes indicate that this is the "Museum of the Processional Cross," however TCI indicates that it is the Museo del Tesoro del Duomo. It is also possible that negatives without prints may belong to the Museo Civico in Rieti. German-born photographer and scholar Max Hutzel (1911-1988) photographed in Italy from the early 1960s until his death. The result of this project, referred to by Hutzel as Foto Arte Minore, is thorough documentation of art historical development in Italy up to the 18th century, including objects of the Etruscans and the Romans, as well as early Medieval, Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque monuments. Images are organized by geographic region in Italy, then by province, city, site c

Veracruz, siglo XV, Nº Inv. 31.39. Catedral de Santa Tecla de Tarragona.

Jeweled cross

Bronze cross detail on a fence

Cruz de Les Perles, siglo XVI. Museu-Tresor de la Catedral de Girona / Museo Tesoro de la Catedral de Gerona.

Lazio Rieti Poggio Mirteto Assunta, Cathedral5. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Exterior views of apse, flanks, and brick, two-story facade of 17th c. cathedral, with details of tympanum and crest. Interior views of naves, altar, chapels, details of baroque stucco decoration, altar painting by Giovanni Baglione, other paintings, statues, cupola, and 16th c. silver processional cross in sacristy. German-born photographer and scholar Max Hutzel (1911-1988) photographed in Italy from the early 1960s until his death. The result of this project, referred to by Hutzel as Foto Arte Minore, is thorough documentation of art historical development in Italy up to the 18th century, including objects of the Etruscans and the Romans, as well as early Medieval, Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque monuments. Images are organized by geographic region in Italy, then by province, city, site complex and monument.

Lazio Rieti Rieti Museo del Tesoro del Duomo5. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Photos are all of metalwork: crucifixes, chalices and monstrances in most part. Negatives without prints also show some statuary. Owner: Cathedral Object Notes: Hutzel photo campaign date: December 27, 1982. His notes indicate that this is the "Museum of the Processional Cross," however TCI indicates that it is the Museo del Tesoro del Duomo. It is also possible that negatives without prints may belong to the Museo Civico in Rieti. German-born photographer and scholar Max Hutzel (1911-1988) photographed in Italy from the early 1960s until his death. The result of this project, referred to by Hutzel as Foto Arte Minore, is thorough documentation of art historical development in Italy up to the 18th century, including objects of the Etruscans and the Romans, as well as early Medieval, Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque monuments. Images are organized by geographic region in Italy, then by province, city, site c

Crucifix -

CRUZ PROCESIONAL GOTICA (1397) REVERSO. Location: IGLESIA ARCIPRESTAL. SAN MATEO. Castellón. SPAIN.

The Cloisters Cross ca. 1150-60 British On this intricately carved cross, some ninety-two figures and ninety-eight inscriptions present a complex theological program, the sort one might find on the facade of a cathedral. The exceptional quality of the carving and the profuse scriptural references give an impression of sophistication and erudition. But among the Latin inscriptions are several insidious invectives against Jews, a sobering testament to the pernicious presence of anti-Jewish sentiment in medieval Europe. While the words on this particular cross would have been known only to a community of English churchmen, such hateful attitudes permeated society and led to waves of unconscionable persecution of Jews, from London to York. In Bury Saint Edmunds, the Suffolk town with which this cross has often been associated, scores of Jewish residents were killed, and the survivors expelled in 1189, about the time this cross was carved. A century later, in 1290, Edward I expelled all Je

Caravaka cholera cross unknown

Crucifix 16th-17th century with later additions Kongo peoples; Kongo Kingdom At its height in the fifteenth century, the Kongo kingdom was one of the largest in all of sub-Saharan Africa, spanning 115,000 square miles. Centered on an extremely strong monarchy, the elaborate social structure was pervasive across a complex system of trade and interchange between the forest of the north and the coast and savannah plains to the south.In 1491, the Kongo king Nzinga converted to Christianity, thereby strengthening ties with his counterpart in Portugal. The adoption of Christianity allowed the kings of Kongo to participate in an international community of leaders beyond Portugal that included the Vatican. The Kongo kings found that local religious beliefs had significant parallels with Christianity and so they were easily able to synthesize the two. They did not feel that they had renounced one for the other.The cross, a primary emblem of Christian ritual, was also a fundamental motif at the

Silversmith's art, Italy, 18th century. Silver altar cross by Sebastiano Aiello.

Cross thorough; 20th century (1900-00-00-1978-00-00);Jesus Christ, Deposit of Wacław Korabiewicz, Crucifixes, Crosses, Ethiopian Crosses, Hand Crosses

Lazio Rieti Rieti Museo del Tesoro del Duomo4. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Photos are all of metalwork: crucifixes, chalices and monstrances in most part. Negatives without prints also show some statuary. Owner: Cathedral Object Notes: Hutzel photo campaign date: December 27, 1982. His notes indicate that this is the "Museum of the Processional Cross," however TCI indicates that it is the Museo del Tesoro del Duomo. It is also possible that negatives without prints may belong to the Museo Civico in Rieti. German-born photographer and scholar Max Hutzel (1911-1988) photographed in Italy from the early 1960s until his death. The result of this project, referred to by Hutzel as Foto Arte Minore, is thorough documentation of art historical development in Italy up to the 18th century, including objects of the Etruscans and the Romans, as well as early Medieval, Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque monuments. Images are organized by geographic region in Italy, then by province, city, site c

Silver-plated cross, 1700, placed on the high altar, presbytery of the Collegiate church of St Stephen, Vimercate, Lombardy, Italy, 11th-12th century.

Double-sided ProcessionalCross. Artist: Master of the Gubbio Cross, Italian, Umbria, active ca. 1285-1320

Crucifix 18th-19th century Kongo peoples This Kongo cross, like earlier related works, is based on European prototypes. Earlier Kongo renditions of this subject depict Christ with naturalistically modeled arms, legs, and torso that emphasize musculature. Additionally, his face is rendered in the throes of an arduous death. However, later examples of this style suggest a more profound assimilation of the cross with local idioms.In this work, Christ's hair is that of a Kongolese subject and his facial features have been reduced to stylized abbreviations that are less detailed in their descriptiveness. His hands and feet are flattened and the feet are joined into a single five-toed limb, which, according to interpretations of Kongo gestures, affords heightened spiritual power. The wrap and ribs are rendered as simplified to geometric linear abstractions. Christ is depicted with large protruding oval eyes, a common motif in Kongo art representing the supernatural vision of a human who is p

Orthodox church, Vienna, Austria, Europe

CRISTO ROMANICO EN BRONCE. Location: CATEDRAL VIEJA / MUSEO. Lerida. SPAIN. CRISTO CRUCIFICADO.

Goldsmith's art, Italy, 16th century. Piero di Martino Spigliati, processional cross, 1552. Back side.

Relicario Lignum Crucis, siglo XVI. Iglesia Prioral de Reus.

Krzyż ręczny. unknown, author

Goldsmith's art, 13th century. Processional cross in red jasper, gold and gems. Donated by Otto Visconti to Abbot Paolo da Besana, 1296. Front side

People's Ruthenian Cross (three story) unknown

Gold cross with glass beads and fine stones. Barcelona. Spain 2013

Goldsmith's art, Italy, 16th century. Nicola Gallucci da Guardiagrele (1385-1462), processional cross. Detail.

Antique crucifix made of gold - Roman Catholic Church, Jesus Christ

A Byzantine Cross with candle holders and the motif of St. Jerzy fighting with the dragon

13th century reliquary cross, Vitoria, María Inmaculada Cathedral, Álava, Spain

Lazio Rieti Rieti Museo del Tesoro del Duomo6. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Photos are all of metalwork: crucifixes, chalices and monstrances in most part. Negatives without prints also show some statuary. Owner: Cathedral Object Notes: Hutzel photo campaign date: December 27, 1982. His notes indicate that this is the "Museum of the Processional Cross," however TCI indicates that it is the Museo del Tesoro del Duomo. It is also possible that negatives without prints may belong to the Museo Civico in Rieti. German-born photographer and scholar Max Hutzel (1911-1988) photographed in Italy from the early 1960s until his death. The result of this project, referred to by Hutzel as Foto Arte Minore, is thorough documentation of art historical development in Italy up to the 18th century, including objects of the Etruscans and the Romans, as well as early Medieval, Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque monuments. Images are organized by geographic region in Italy, then by province, city, site c

Goldsmith's art, Denmark, 11th century. Romanesque style gilded bronze crucifix, 1050-1100. From Aby Church near Aarhus (Jutland).

ARTE BARROCO. ESPAÑA. OSTENTORIO o CUSTODIA del siglo XVII, realizada en plata repujada y dorada. IGLESIA DE SAN FELIX (SANT FELIU). SABADELL. Comarca del Vallès Occidental. Provincia de Barcelona. Cataluña.

abstract cross in italy europe and the sky background

Cruz de Les Perles, siglo XVI. Museu-Tresor de la Catedral de Girona / Museo Tesoro de la Catedral de Gerona.

CUSTODIA - 1903. Author: MASRIERA LUIS. Location: MONASTERIO DE MONTSERRAT-MUSEO. MONTSERRAT. Barcelona. SPAIN.

CAMARA SANTA - CRUZ DE LA VICTORIA - ARTE PRERROMANICO ASTURIANO. Location: CATEDRAL DE SAN SALVADOR-INTERIOR. Oviedo. ASTURIAS. SPAIN.

Enkolpian Russian Orthodox, Veliky Novgorod, cross. Cast bronze, 14th-16th century

The Cross, 1923. Artist: Unknown

Cross 19th century (12th century style) European. Cross 464321

Ruthenian (single) Cross unknown

Cruz Procesional, 1380, Nº Inv. 577. Museo Arqueológico Nacional.

reliquary of the True Cross, 16th century, Palma Cathedral Museum, Majorca, Balearic Islands, Spain.

Ornate religious cross hanging on red wall.

St. Paul's parish church, the first church was consecrated to St. Paul around 1050, Passau, close-up of a golden cross with a depiction of Jesus in the centre, Passau, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Cross

Russia, Sankt Petersburg, State Russian Museum, Cross-Reliquary, wood and silver

Golden catholic cross on red cloth religious equipment

Detail from the Vatican Museums, an immense collection of classical, renaissance masterpieces etc. Founded in the early 16th century by Pope Julius II they are considered to be some of the world's greatest museums. This image shows a crucifixion vignette in relief.

13th Century decorated copper altar candlestick holder, National Museum of Iceland, Reykjavik.

ROSARIO CON CUENTAS DE CRISTAL.

OSTENSORIO DE PLATA. Location: IGLESIA DE SAN MARTIÑO. NOIA-NOYA. A CORUÑA. SPANIEN.

Close-up of crosses mounted on a wall

Catholic parish church of the crowning glory in Bad Mergentheim-Stuppach Franken Kath. Parish Church of the Coronation in Bad Mergentheim-Stuppach Franken

Cross thorough; Unknown Ethiopian workshop (1400-1970); 20th century (1901-00-00-1950-00-00);Chojnacki, Stanisław (1915-2010) - gift, gift (provenance), Ethiopian crosses, hand crosses

silver and wooden cross with religious inscriptions isolated on a white

Altar, wooden carvings and murals on saint mary jacobite syrian or marth mariam church at Kandanad, Kerala, India Copyright: xMxAmirtham/DinodiaxPhotox

Cross Christ crucified (one handed) unknown

St Francis Xavier, catholic church. Way of the cross. 5th Station: Simon of Cyrene helps Jesus to carry his cross Hue. Vietnam.

Commemorative cross

Saint Bernard-de-Menthon church. Christian cross. Switzerland.

cruz patriarcal, Iglesia de San Miguel, San Esteban de Gormaz, siglo XI, museo Numantino de Soria, Soria, Comunidad Autónoma de Castilla, Spain, Europe.

st, castle - interior views - Schweizerhof - Imperial Treasury - Spiritual Treasury - Monstrance, Bruno Reiffenstein -, photographer

Monstrance, 18th century, silver and glass, Evora Museum, Evora, Alentejo, Portugal, Europe.

Thi Nghe Church. The Holy Sacrament. Eucharistic adoration. Ho Chi Minh City. Vietnam.

Keystone in the choir, St., Sankt, Saint

Pope Pius VI's monstrance at Altoetting Chapel, Altoetting, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Wooden cross. Borre church, Vestfold, c. 1275-1300. Historical Museum. Oslo. Norway.

Christ en Ivoire. Appartenant a la Cathédrale du Puy.

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