Description (Physical description)
Bronze crucifix with separated figure rivetted to front and incised decoration on reverse, whole having traces of gilding.
Event Date
Author: maa

Context (Display)
Cardboard display label handwritten in black ink reading under the category '11th - 12th century': '5. Saintes, Charente-Inferieur, France, 1888' and presented by 'the Rev. S.S. Lewis, M.A., 1889' along with the addition 'see - Middleton, Cambridge Antiquarian Society's Report 1887, Page C'. Other numbers connected to this cardboard label are 1883.737, 1883.738, 1886.41, 1887.42, 1888.34.1, 1888.34.2, 1891.120, 1895.148, 1903.409, 1903.410, 1904.354, 1905.66, Z 11503, and Z 11560.
Event Date
Author: Jan-Henrik Hartung

Description (Physical description)
Annual Report: 'A small bronze crucifix. The figure of the 12th century and the cross of the 14th century.'
Event Date 1890
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Context (Analysis)
The figure dates to the 12th century and the cross to the 14th century.
Event Date 1890
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Context (Field collection)
Accessions Register reads: "Found near Saintes, Charente Inferieur, France. Bought by the donor at Brive-la-Gaillarde, Corrèze. June 23, 1890"
Event Date 23/6/1890
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Reverse of crucifix decorated with incised lines and "IHS" in the centre.
Event Date 27/6/2001
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Description (Physical description)
Copper alloy crucifix with separated figure of Jesus riveted to the cross. Christ shown crowned, with slender arms and body, almost precisely frontal; head slightly inclined to His right. Two rivets, one on each hand; two further rivets on feet, one of which is broken off and missing. Reverse of the cross is decorated with incised lines and ‘IHS’ in the centre. Traces of gilding present on both sides, especially around the figure.
Event Date 20/11/2023
Author: Jodi Zhang