EditorialReichsadler Humps, Lightly inserted bottom. Smooth, applied stand ring. On the cylindrical body, slightly tapered at the top, the black, double-headed Reindeer with yellow crown and nimbus. For the chest a crucifix with wide-spread loincloth. On the wi...
EditorialReichsadler Humps, Lightly inserted bottom. Smooth, applied stand ring. On the cylindrical body, slightly tapered at the top, the black, double-headed Reindeer with yellow crown and nimbus. For the chest a crucifix with wide-spread loincloth. On the wi...
EditorialThe Adoration of the Cross (a tau cross between two candles on an altar). Book of Hours, Use of Sarum. Netherlands, S. (Bruges); c. 1500. Source: King's 9, f.84v. Language: Latin.
EditorialMiniature of Alban holding a Tau-cross, presenting a kneeling Duke Humfrey of Gloucester (or perhaps Henry VI), with a scroll reading 'Pietas tua domine operetur in me', to Christ as Man of Sorrows and figure of the Trinity, beneath the dove of the Hol...
EditorialCommendation scene. Alban holding a Tau-cross, presenting a kneeling young king (perhaps Henry VI) with a scroll. Figure of Christ. Selection of psaolms, litanies and prayers for Humphey (Humfrey) of Gloucester. England, c. 1420 - c. 1440. Source: Roya...
EditorialThe Adoration of the Cross (a tau cross between two candles on an altar). Book of Hours, Use of Sarum. Netherlands, S. (Bruges); c. 1500. Source: King's 9, f.84v. Language: Latin.
EditorialMiniature of Alban holding a Tau-cross, presenting a kneeling Duke Humfrey of Gloucester (or perhaps Henry VI), with a scroll reading 'Pietas tua domine operetur in me', to Christ as Man of Sorrows and figure of the Trinity, beneath the dove of the Hol...
EditorialSegment of a Crozier Shaft, late 12th century, North Spanish, Elephant ivory, Overall: 11 5/16 x 1 3/8 in. (28.7 x 3.5 cm), Ivories, Croziers, occasionally made of ivory, were important symbols of Church authority. This section formed part of the shaft...