The Cloisters Cross, ca. 1150–60, British, Walrus ivory, Overall: 22 5/8 x 14 1/4in. (57.5 x 36.2cm), Ivories, One of the masterpieces of Romanesque art, this altar cross with some ninety-two figures and ninety-eight inscriptions is the vehicle for a complex iconographic program that is unrivaled in Christian art
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Cloisters Cross, ca, 1150–60, British, Walrus ivory, Overall, 22 5/8 x 14 1/4in, 57.5 36.2cm, Ivories, masterpieces, Romanesque art, altar cross, ninety-two figures, ninety-eight inscriptions, vehicle, complex iconographic program, unrivaled, Christian
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