Pectoral cross

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Cross with Pearls       13th–14th century      Byzantine Byzantine Gold, Byzantine Jewelry, Ancient Jewels, Pectoral Cross, Bijoux Art Nouveau, Ancient Jewellery, Historical Jewellery, Byzantine Art, Medieval Jewelry

This intricately worked cross is decorated with elaborate patterns in gold filigree, granulation, and wire on sheets of gold, a technique that is typical of late Byzantine art. The shape echoes that of earlier Byzantine crosses, like the adjacent example decorated with cloisonné enamel

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Visigothic pectoral cross from the treasure of Guarrazar, 7th century; in the National Archaeological Museum, Madrid. Byzantine Fashion, Byzantine Jewelry, Pectoral Cross, Ancient Jewellery, Historical Jewellery, Medieval Jewelry, Ancient Jewelry, Crown Jewels, Cross Jewelry

Visigothic art, works of art produced in southern France and Spain under the Visigoths, who ruled the region between the 5th and the 8th centuries ad. The art produced during this period is largely the result of local Roman traditions combined with Byzantine influences. The effect of Germanic metalworking techniques is also seen in the decorative arts, but the ornamentation of these pieces, most notably a collection of jeweled crowns and crosses known as the treasure of Guarrazar, owes…

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