Byzantine Bronze Reliquary Crosses with Embossed Figures Discovered in Romania

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Chapter 4 Byzantine Bronze Reliquary Crosses with Embossed Figures Discovered in Romania

In: Christianization in Early Medieval Transylvania

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Călin Cosma

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Pages:: 115–146

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004515864_006

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Abstract

Archaeological excavations or fortuitous discoveries on Romania’s territory have revealed several types of reliquary crosses, few in fact, which carry no ornament. The latter could in fact constitute a third group of Byzantine-type enkolpion crosses.

The repertory of reliquary crosses with embossed figures found in Romania, gather by the author without claiming to be exhaustive, amounts to 53 enkolpia. The cataloguing of the pieces and the two-component analyses of the representations on the crosses permits a finer typology of these artifacts. The typology starts from the manner of representation of the details of the effigies or other decorative elements, as well as the existence or their absence on the respective pieces. The creation of the typology is based on the description of the pieces, as presented in the academic papers in which they were published. When the opportunities allowed, graphic representations accompany the description of the pieces. This brings roughly to the same graphic scale some better-preserved examples, making use of the drawings provided by the authors of the discoveries.

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Christianization in Early Medieval Transylvania

A Church Discovered in Alba Iulia and its Interpretations

Series: East Central and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 450-1450, Volume: 83

Cover Christianization in Early Medieval Transylvania

E-Book ISBN:: 9789004515864

Publisher:: Brill

Print Publication Date:: 15 Jun 2022

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