Shroud Cross

7th-8th century (Early Medieval)

4.9 cm 4.7 cm 0.1 cm

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Crosses cut from thin sheet gold are common finds from Langobardic graves in Italy. The three examples in the Walters collection (nos. 57.1771, 57.1772, and 57.1773) are said to have come from the same cemetery. Christianity was established among the Langobards by the 7th ce...

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Morrin, New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Charles Morley, New York, 1946; Mrs. Nelson Gutman, Baltimore, 1946; Walters Art Museum, 1946, by gift.
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