enow.com Web Search

  1. Ads

    related to: mystic crucifix forked cross river

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Forked cross - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forked_cross

    According to recent research, the forked cross emerged under the influence of the mystics in the late 13th or early 14th century and is especially common in the German Rhineland, where it is also called a Gabelkreuz ("fork cross"), Mystikerkruzifix ("mystic's cross"), Gabelkruzifix ("fork crucifix"), Schächerkreuz ("robber's cross"), or ...

  3. Mystic Crucifixion - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mystic_Crucifixion

    Mystic Crucifixion is a c. 1500 oil on canvas and egg tempera painting by the Florentine Renaissance master Sandro Botticelli (c. 1445-1510) . Painted during the part of his career when he came under the influence of the Dominican friar Girolamo Savonarola (though after the cleric had already been burnt at the stake), the work has been seen as a statement upon the state of Florence itself.

  4. Bocholt Cross - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bocholt_Cross

    The Bocholt Cross (German: Bocholter Kreuz) is a forked crucifix in St. George's Church in Bocholt, in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and dates to the early 14th century. It is the oldest and most significant ornament of this church and the focal point of a regional pilgrimage today.

  5. Category:Forked crosses - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Forked_crosses

    Forked cross; B. Bocholt Cross; C. Coesfeld Cross; P. Přemyslid Crucifix This page was last edited on 10 June 2016, at 09:58 (UTC). Text is available under the ...

  6. Christian cross variants - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_cross_variants

    A cross with a figure of Christ affixed to it is termed a crucifix and the figure is often referred to as the corpus (Latin for "body"). The term Greek cross designates a cross with arms of equal length, as in a plus sign, while the Latin cross designates a cross with an elongated descending arm.

  7. Coesfeld Cross - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coesfeld_Cross

    The Coesfeld Cross is a forked crucifix located in the Church of Saint Lambert in Coesfeld. It is the largest of its type in Germany and is especially noted for its graphically clear portrayal of Christ's suffering. The cross is 3.24 metres high and 1.94 metres wide; the figure of Christ is 2.09 metres tall and has an arm span of 2.09 metres.

  1. Ads

    related to: mystic crucifix forked cross river