中世紀前期 青銅色 基督十字吊坠 – Triumphant Lumen Christi，基督的圣光 – 约11世纪至14世纪 (沒有保留價)

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Medieval Christian Cross Pendant – Crux et Lux Divina – c. 11th–14th Century AD

Object Type: Devotional Cross Pendant
Culture: Medieval Christian
Period: c. 11th–14th Century AD
Material: Metal Alloy, Probably Bronze
Iconographic Context: Crux – Lux Divina – Lumen Christi

Dimensions:
H : 34.08 mm ±
W : 22.6975 mm ±
Weight: 2.78 g

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Description
A cast metal-alloy cross pendant, probably bronze, belonging to the devotional material culture of the medieval Christian world. Its markedly flared arms and engraved linear fields create a visually radiating composition centred upon the crux, integrating the form of the object with its ornament.

Within medieval Christian visual language, this arrangement may be associated with the theological concept of lux divina—divine or sacred light emanating from the Cross. The expanding terminals reinforce this visual movement, presenting the crux not merely as an instrument of the Passion but as a sign of salus, redemptio and the triumphant lumen Christi.

The integral suspension loop confirms its function as a personal devotional pendant. Extensive green-brown patination, mineral accretions and areas of surface wear form a strongly developed archaeological surface. On stylistic and morphological grounds, the piece may reasonably be placed within the medieval Christian tradition, approximately 11th–14th century AD.

Information
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