The Cloisters Cross : its art and meaning
The walrus-ivory Cloisters Cross, a masterpiece of English Romanesque art, has long been a centerpiece of the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Cloisters collection, a separate museum in Fort Tryon Park (New York City) devoted exclusively to the art of the Middle Ages. In fact, ever since its acquisition in 1963, the cross has been the subject of speculation and mystery
Print Book, English, ©1994
Metropolitan Museum of Art : Distributed by H.N. Abrams, New York, ©1994
316 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm
9780870996825, 9781872501901, 9780810964341, 0870996827, 1872501907, 0810964341
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Foreword / William D. Wixom
Ch. 1. Introduction: The Cross and Its History
Ch. 2. Word and Image: The Iconography of the Cross
Ch. 3. The Function of the Cloisters Cross
Ch. 4. The Liturgical Context
Ch. 5. The Intellectual Setting
Ch. 6. The Bury St. Edmunds Connection
Ch. 7. Epilogue: The Place of the Cross in English Romanesque Art
Appendix I: The Inscriptions on the Cross
Appendix II: The Olso Corpus