Artist: Unknown Artist/Maker (German, 18Th Century)
Date: 1900
Size: 13 x 10 cm
Museum: Museum Of Christian Art (Goa, India)
Technique: Metal
Pectoral crosses considered a sign of episcopal dignity, were worn by bishops and other members of the senior clergy, usually hung on a ribbon, cord or gold chain. In their simplest form, usage must have spread after discovery of the True Cross by St Helen. In the earliest times, the pectoral cross contained a relic of the True Cross or even of a saint especially in the period after the Counter-Reformation. Made of gold and adorned with precious stones, this pectoral cross and chain can be identified as belonging to the 20th century. The pectoral cross is in the form of a patriarchal cross, a type of Latin cross with two horizontal crossbars near the top. It is made of platinum and embellished with semi-precious stones. The quatrefoil pattern at the ends of the vertical and the two horizontal crossbars symbolize the four Gospels. The pectoral cross hung around the neck on a gold-linked chain that was kept in place by a special hook in a buttonhole on the cassock.
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