No less celebrated is the procession around the bonfire on the feast of the finding of the True Cross. In the past, processions used to take place on Saturdays and Sundays, according to the testimony of the chaplain Alvarez, who was part of the first Portuguese diplomatic expedition to Ethiopia, in the early sixteenth century. The doubling of the lateral ends of this cross's arms is a development seen in a type of cross from the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, characterized by rounded extremities. Richard J. Faletti Family, Clarendon 26. Four-lobed processional cross, particularly finely executed.
Serpents appear on the edges.
Like all bronze crosses, this one was made by the lost-wax process. Cross, fifteenth century, bronze, 26.03 x 15.87 cm. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland, 54.2894 27. The interlacing of this processional cross, in beaten and cut brass, reveals a Muslim influence. Photo courtesy of Guy Vivien 28.