Doorway to Devotion: Recovering the Christian Nature of the Gosforth Cross
The carved figural program of the tenth-century Gosforth Cross (Cumbria) has long been considered to depict Norse mythological episodes, leaving the potential Christian iconographic import of its Crucifixion carving underexplored. The scheme is analyzed here using earlier exegetical texts and sculpt...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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MDPI
[2021]
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Religions
Year: 2021, Volume: 12, Issue: 4 |
| Further subjects: | B
Vikings
B Archaeology B Art History B Anglo-Scandinavian B early medieval B Sculpture B Iconography |
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