Cross of Adelheid
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The Cross of Adelheid is an 11th-12th century reliquary in the form of a crux gemmata. It is held in Saint Paul's Abbey, Lavanttal. It was commissioned by Adelheid, daughter of Rudolf of Rheinfelden, passing to St. Blaise Abbey in the 19th century before coming to its present home.[1] The Cross of Adelheid is known as the largest German reliquary to survive from the High Middle Ages (middle 11th-middle 13th century).[2] It is made of a wooden core covered with gilded silver plate. The four arms of the cross extend from the middle square. The lower arm is the longest and the other three are the same length. Each arm of the Cross ends in a square. [3] On the front are gems, pearls and precious stones. It is 82.9 cm high, 65.4 cm wide and 7.4 to 7.8 cm deep. There are a total of 170 gems on the cross, with only 147 remaining. The remaining gems are: 47 amethysts, 22 carnelians, 17 agates, 13 rock crystals, 7 moonstones, 6 garnets, 5 chalcedonies, 5 onyxes, 4 almandines, 4 heliotropes, 3 turquoises, 2 beryls, 2 serpentines, 1 lapis lazuli, 1 emerald, 1 milk opal and 1 smoky quartz. [4]
The Cross of Adelheid is said to contain fragments of the True Cross, which is said to be the cross that Jesus was crucified on. [5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Der Schatz der Mönche – Leben und Forschen im Kloster St. Blasien". www.freiburg.de (in German). Retrieved 9 November 2021.
- ^ "Adelheid-Kreuz", Wikipedia (in German), 2024-02-24, retrieved 2024-10-23
- ^ "Adelheid-Kreuz", Wikipedia (in German), 2024-02-24, retrieved 2024-09-30
- ^ "Adelheid-Kreuz", Wikipedia (in German), 2024-02-24, retrieved 2024-10-22
- ^ "Croix d'Adélaïde", Wikipédia (in French), 2022-06-21, retrieved 2024-10-23
External links
[edit]- http://wwwg.uni-klu.ac.at/kultdoku/kataloge/01/html/25.htm
- http://www.aeiou.at/aeiou.photo.index/s/st_paul_im_lavanttal/st_paul_im_lavanttal__adelheid-kreuz_aus_dem_11_jh_im.htm
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