Cross of Bernward
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cross-of-bernward-263-18111914
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Cross of Bernward
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The term Cross of Bernward principally refers to two Ottonian crosses in the cathedral museum in Hildesheim: The Great Cross of Bernward is a 48 cm high processional Latin cross. The arms of the cross end in protruding rectangles. It was cast in gold and decorated richly with gemstones, pearls and crystals. The Cross is named after Bernward, Bishop of Hildesheim (993–1022). Legend has it that he received relics of the True Cross from Otto III as a gift and therefore had an expensive reliquary ma
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross_of_Bernward
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2021-03-11T06:57:30Z
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