page_title: Crux gemmata
hierarchical_section_title: Crux gemmata
caption_attribution_description: Português: Sant'Apollinare in Classe - Ravenna
context_page_description: A crux gemmata is a form of cross typical of Early Christian and Early Medieval art, where the cross, or at least its front side, is principally decorated with jewels. In an actual cross, rather than a painted image of one, the reverse side often has engraved images of the Crucifixion of Jesus or other subjects.
  Examples in metalwork are the Cross of Justin II, the 'crumpled cross' in the Staffordshire Hoard, the Cross of Lothair, the Iberian Cross of the Angels and Victory Cross, and the Cross of Cong.
context_section_description: A crux gemmata (Latin for jewelled cross) is a form of cross typical of Early Christian and Early Medieval art, where the cross, or at least its front side, is principally decorated with jewels. In an actual cross, rather than a painted image of one, the reverse side often has engraved images of the Crucifixion of Jesus or other subjects.
  Examples in metalwork are the Cross of Justin II (6th century, in the Vatican Museums), the 'crumpled cross' in the Staffordshire Hoard (8th century), the Cross of Lothair (10th century, Aachen Cathedral Treasury), the Iberian Cross of the Angels and Victory Cross, and the Cross of Cong (1120s?, National Museum of Ireland).
caption: Detail of a mosaic, Basilica of Sant' Apollinare in Classe, Ravenna (549).
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