Processional Cross, ca. 1150–75, Made in Asturias, Spain, Spanish, Silver, partially gilt on wood core, carved gems, jewels, 23 1/4 in. × 19 in. × 3 7/16 in. (59.1 × 48.3 × 8.7 cm), Metalwork-Silver, This cross conveys the luxury found within churches that dotted the Christian kingdoms of northern Spain during the Middle Ages. It comes from a twelfth-century church fifty miles east of Oviedo, once the capital of the kingdom of Asturias
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Processional Cross, ca, 1150–75, Asturias, Spain, Spanish, Silver, partially gilt, wood core, carved gems, jewels, 23 1/4, 19, 3 7/16, 59.1, 48.3, 8.7 cm, Metalwork-Silver, cross, conveys, luxury, within churches, dotted, Christian kingdoms, northern Spain, Middle Ages, comes, twelfth-century church, fifty, miles, east, Oviedo, capital, kingdom
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