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Title / Description: Sculptured Celtic crosses
Author / Creator: Unknown
Provenance: Great Britain and Ireland
Object Type: image - icon
Date: 4th and 5th centuries

Commentary: Sculptured Celtic crosses of Great Britain and Ireland were ordinarily thickly covered with interlacing. Any figures or subjects introduced were generally from the Bible.
Bibliography:
Lowrie, Walter. Monuments of the Early Church. New York: Macmillan Co., Ltd., 1901; Hulme, F. Edward. The History Principles and Practice of Symbolism in Christian Art. New York: Macmillan & Co., 1891.
Author of Commentary: Ebony Pollard
Source: Hulme, F. Edward The History Principles and Practice of Symbolism in Christian Art
(New York:Macmillan & Co., 1891)
Reference: p. 86 figures 46 and 47

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