Vintage/antique Byzantine Russian Orthodox, "Old Believers'" cross. Handmade, cast from bronze or similar, brass-like copper alloy, and decorated with enamel. Overall good vintage condition. Could have been worn as a "bodily" (worn below all garments and underwear) pectoral Baptism cross. Exact age unknown, could have be an artifact from mid- to late 1800s.
The obverse of the cross pendant bears a Byzantine-like Subpedaneum cross, surrounded with the Instruments of the Passion of Christ, such as the Holy Lance (spear) and the Holy Sponge attached to the end of a cane, elements of the vine, several inscriptions with Cyrillic letters, and an image of the skull, or the Adam's head buried below the cross. The Byzantine three-bar cross is used in the Orthodox and some Eastern Catholic churches. Such a cross has three horizontal crossbeams: the top one represents the "INRI" nameplate, and the bottom one, a footrest. The Holy Lance and the Holy Sponge are the subjects of adoration together with the Cross, and therefore, are always depicted on the Russian Old Believers' Baptism or body crosses, creating an image of Calvary (Golgotha) with the three-bar cross and Adam's head.
dimensions 51,4 x 28 mm
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