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Medieval copper alloy crucifix
'Christus Rex' with most of one arm and both legs missing. The crown is soldered to the head as a separate piece of metal. There is a round rivet hole in the remaining hand, with traces of blue enamel in the eyes and on the tunic. there also four small wounds placed vertically down his chest with traces of red enamel, and tiny traces in the centre of his robe
Limoges enamel Christ. This fragment of an altar cross was found in a burnt destruction layer dating to the 1400s at Cricieth Castle, north-west Wales.
WA_SC 17.1
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
35.289
Find Information
Site Name: Criccieth Castle, Gwynedd
Acquisition
Purchase, 3/2/2017
Measurements
length / mm:118.0
width / mm:91.0
thickness / mm:13.0
weight / g:179.5
Techniques
hollow-cast
cast
Material
copper alloy
Location
St Fagans Wales Is gallery : Medieval Artefacts
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