03 — ARTWORK
Cross
UNKNOWN MASTER, English · 1160 →
- MEDIUM
- Walrus ivory with traces of polychromy, 58 x 36 cm
- TYPE
- Religious
PALETTE
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- FILE
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COMMENTARY
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This ivory cross is assembled from five pieces of walrus ivory and is carved on both sides with more than 100 figures and 60 inscriptions in Latin and Greek. It was probably produced in at the Abbey of Bury Saint Edmunds in eastern England, a thriving monastic centre in the 12th century.
This front view shows the cross as the Tree of Life.
CITE THIS RECORD — BIBTEX
@online{wga-r61f1c328428019,
author = {Krén, Emil and Marx, Daniel},
title = {Cross by UNKNOWN MASTER, English},
organization = {{Web Gallery of Art}},
date = {2026-09-09},
url = {https://beta.wga.hu/artists/unknown-master-english-r284e2b7eeda404/cross-r61f1c328428019},
urldate = {2026-09-09},
langid = {english}
}ACCESSED 2026-09-09. REPLACE THE AUTHOR FIELD WITH THE COMMENTARY AUTHOR WHERE ONE IS NAMED.
