From Allegory to Icon:
The Christian Church Triumphant (cat. 16-30)
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Cross with Virgin and SaintsSilver Late Byzantine 13th-15th century AD Height: 1 3/4 inches (4.4 cm.) |
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Already by the second century, Christians were in the habit of crossing themselves, and pieces of the True Cross were used as reliquaries. But the actual wearing of crosses does not appear before the fifth century.
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