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Quatrefoil Processional Cross

ca. 14th-15th century · Ethiopia

Medieval · artifact

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Plate 1Quatrefoil Processional Cross, Ethiopia, ca. 14th-15th century, copper alloy, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 2019-40.

Travis Fullerton, © Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

Catalogue entry locator Printed p. 195, cat. 112 (supplied scan PDF p. 193)

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Quatrefoil Processional Cross, Ethiopia, ca. 14th-15th century, copper alloy, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 2019-40.Plate 1 · Travis Fullerton, © Virginia Museum of Fine Arts · Printed p. 195, cat. 112 (supplied scan PDF p. 193)

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Catalogue no. 112: Quatrefoil Processional Cross. ca. 14th-15th century; copper alloy; Ethiopia.

Date
ca. 14th-15th century
Object type
Crosses & liturgical metalwork
Recorded place
Ethiopia
Holding
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
Accession
2019-40
Source locator
Printed p. 195, cat. 112 (supplied scan PDF p. 193)
Source citation
Christine Sciacca, ed., Ethiopia at the Crossroads (Baltimore: The Walters Art Museum, in association with Yale University Press, 2023).