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Cross-shaped encolpion with a Cross inside. Crusifixion, St Nicholas, The Virgin Hodegetria, St Nestor The Martyr, St George the Great Martyr and St Demetrius of Thessaloniki. Late cast (15th century) of kievan cross of 12th century; reliquary - 16th century.
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Cross-shaped encolpion with a Cross inside. Crusifixion, St Nicholas, The Virgin Hodegetria, St Nestor The Martyr, St George the Great Martyr and St Demetrius of Thessaloniki. Late cast (15th century) of kievan cross of 12th century; reliquary - 16th century.
Object type
Cross-shaped encolpion with a Cross inside. Crusifixion, St Nicholas, The Virgin Hodegetria, St Nestor The Martyr, St George the Great Martyr and St Demetrius of Thessaloniki
Place of origin
Russia, Moscow; Kiev
Date
Late cast (15th century) of kievan cross of 12th century; reliquary - 16th century.
Materials
Silver, copper
Technique
Chasing, carving, casting
Dimensions
Size: 14,5 х 7,7 cm (inc top); Size: 10,3 х 7,5 cm (encolpion)
Publications
Morshakova E.A. The Old Russian plastic art. Pectoral crosses, icons and enkolpions of the 12-15th cc. Catalogue. M., 2013
Morshakova E.A. The Old Russian plastic art. Pectoral crosses, icons and enkolpions of the 12-15th cc. Catalogue. M., 2013
Authors from the Moscow Kremlin Museums. Inventory of the church treasury of the Annunciation Cathedral of the Moscow Kremlin. Moscow, 2018
Museum number
МР-6235/1-2