High cross
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high-cross-231-3472343
title:
High cross
text:
A high cross or standing cross is a free-standing Christian cross made of stone and often richly decorated. There was a unique Early Medieval tradition in Ireland and Britain of raising large sculpted stone crosses, usually outdoors. These probably developed from earlier traditions using wood, perhaps with metalwork attachments, and earlier pagan Celtic memorial stones; the Pictish stones of Scotland may also have influenced the form. The earliest surviving examples seem to come from the territo
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description:
Free-standing Christian cross made of stone and often richly decorated
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_cross
date created:
2002-10-02T08:06:39Z
date modified:
2024-09-15T23:17:48Z
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