Hand cross

1503

A cross with three arms, on which are sculpted the following scenes: the Tetralogy of the Old Testament, the Annunciation, the trial of Jesus, the Crucifixion, Virgin Mary among the Apostles, the Assumption of Virgin Mary, St. Constantin and Elena. On the other side of the cross, there are the Prayer of Virgin Mary, the Annunciation, the Birth of Jesus between two Apostles, Jesus’ descent into Hell, the Baptism, Pilate’s judgement, the Ascension, Thomas’ Sunday, the Holy Trinity with Nicodim and Joseph of Arimathea on either side. The wood of the cross is bound in a metal sheet, on which a Slavonic inscription was written. The handle is made of metal.


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