Applied

Cross Byzantine

Description

Though it has lost any enamel or glass paste it may have had in the 4 roundels, as well as its gilding (of which there are remains on back), this cross, - in its pure form and with all its extremities including the balls intact, - is a superb example of the “Latin” type used in the East. The pin at the bottom suggests a processional cross at first sight, but if so, it would be a very small example, and it is more likely that this was the adornment on an oil lamp.

Literature

Rom und Byzanz, ed. Wamser und Zahlhaas, Munchen, 1998.