Description (Physical description)
Bronze crucifix figure, arms missing, right leg missing from the knee downwards, left leg from shortly below. Not crowned.
Event Date
Author: maa

Context (Display)
Cardboard display label handwritten in black ink reading under the category 'Late 12th - 13th century': '11. The City, London, 1886' and presented by 'Baron Anatole von Hügel, M.A., 1888' 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, 1887.42, 1888.34.1, 1888.34.2, 1890.87, 1891.120, 1895.148, 1903.409, 1903.410, 1904.354, 1905.66, Z 11503, and Z 11560.
Event Date
Author: Jan-Henrik Hartung

Description (Labels & Markings)
Old label stuck on back of object reads 'London 15/10/1886. A Von Hugel'.
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Context (Analysis)
There were two cards for this object. One has a note saying 'Hildburgh says 12th Century'.
Event Date
Author: maa

Context (Field collection)
Collected or purchased in London 15 October 1886.
Event Date 15/10/1886
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Context (Display)
Old exhibition label, from English Romanesque Art, reads: 'Crucifix figure/ c. 1130-40: English'.

Event Date 1984
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Context (Analysis)
Stratford (1984) notes that 'this moving image of the dead Christ is stylistically related to two of the most beautiful of all Romanesque bronze crucifix figures, now in Angers and the British Museum (Bloch, 1979, ills. 190-1)... they appear to date from the first quarter of the 12th century and still display marked Ottonian influence. The Cambridge figure is probably somewhat later. In the fluid, gently modelled folds and rich decoration of the loincloth, the walrus ivory Christ found in Worship Street in the City of London (200) is a worthy parallel, again of outstanding artistic quality. The Cambridge 'bronze' Christ was acquired in London, though there is no evidence that it was excavated there.' (p. 242)
Event Date 1984
Author: Imogen Gunn

Context (References)
Stratford, N. (1984). 'Metalwork' in English Romanesque Art 1066-1200: Hayword Gallery, London, 5 April-8July 1984. London: Arts Council of Great Britain. cat. no. 233, p. 242
Event Date 1984
Author: Imogen Gunn

Description (Physical description)
Neil Stratford (1984): ‘Copper-alloy, hollow-cast, engraved, no traces of gilding; arms and legs lost; Christ, not crowned, with centrally parted hair in long braids falling on to His shoulders; head slightly inclined to His right, eyelids closed in death; features sensitively modelled, with a long aquiline nose, downward-pointing moustache and beard; torso finely rendered, with rib-cage curving outwards and downwards from beneath the breast; loincloth with prominent knot on right hip and a broad belt decorated with stylised foliate motifs, from beneath which hangs an “apron-fold”; further foliate motifs decorate a band on the left thigh and the lower edges of the loincloth, which falls behind the left knee; the legs were originally parallel and set slightly to the figure’s right; the right arm projected at a slightly lower angle from the shoulder than the left.’
Event Date 1984
Author: Jodi Zhang

Description (Physical description)
Bronze, hollow-cast crucifix figure. Christ's arms are broken off close to the body; his legs are broken off at the hem of his loincloth. Christ is not crowned, with centrally parted hair in long braids falling over both shoulders. He wears a loincloth with a prominent knot on the right hip and a broad belt decorated with stylized foliate motifs, from beneath which hangs an apron-fold. The loincloth itself also bears incised decoration of foliate motifs.
Event Date 17/2/2016
Author: maa

Context (Amendments / updates)
Neil Stratford (1984) dates this figure to c. 1130-40, so the Period field has been updated to remove '13th century' and the date range added. An updated description based on Stratford's has also therefore been added.
Event Date 17/2/2016
Author: Imogen Gunn

Description (Physical description)
Copper alloy, hollow-cast crucifix figure. Christ, not crowned, with centrally parted hair in long braids; head slightly inclined to His right; rib-cage curving outwards and downwards from beneath the breast; knee-length loincloth with prominent knot on right hip and a broad belt decorated with stylized foliate motifs. Arms and legs are broken off and missing.
Event Date 21/11/2023
Author: Jodi Zhang

Context (Other)
This object was first accessioned as 1886.41 and later accessioned again with Idno Z 11502. The records have been amalgamated, with 1886.41 as the primary Idno.
Event Date 21/11/2023
Author: Jodi Zhang