4 0 c m
30cm
actual image size: 22cm x 28cm
Description
high-status pectoral cross; gold and cloisonne work inlaid with garnets; an early example of the Christian symbol in Anglo-Saxon England made with a technique known from pagan jewellery of the period; fifty-eight of the original ninety-five garnets survive; X-Ray diffraction has indicated that the garnets were set in a bedding of calcium carbonate, a technique common for Anglo-Saxon jewellery
Image Details
Date
7th century
Accession Number
AN1999.206
Material
gold; cloissone; garnets
image © Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford