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Pectoral Cross Back with Scenes from the Life of Christ and Festal Scenes

1873, after original of 17th or 18th century
Plaster cast of original ivory carving
State: Reproduction

2 11/16 in. x 1 7/16 in. (6.9 cm x 3.6 cm)

Bryn Mawr College
Accession Number: 1873.63
Acquisition Date: 1908
Geography: Asia, Russia
Classification: Fine and Visual Arts; Sculptures; Fictile Ivories
Culture/Nationality: Russian
Collection: Fictile Ivories
Description: Cast of a pectoral (?) cross with Festal Scenes including the Nativity (?), Entry into Jerusalem, Descent into Hell, and Pentecost after the original in the Royal Museum, Copenhagen. Description: "Reverse. Six small squares, scenes of the life of Christ, each with an inscription in Sclavonic text. The Nativity, the Presentation in the Temple, Christ riding into Jerusalem, the Transfiguration, and two other groups." (Westwood p. 100-101)

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  • Abrahamic religions - The group of religions comprising Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, that trace their origin to the prophet Abraham.
  • Christian doctrinal concepts - Concepts related to the doctrine of Christianity.
  • Christianity - Refers to the world religion and culture that developed in the first century CE, driven by the teachings of Jesus Christ of Nazareth. Its roots are in the Judaic tradition and the Old Testament. The tenets include a belief in the death and redemptive resurrection of Jesus. The religion incorporates a tradition of faith, ritual, and a form of church authority or leadership.
  • religions - Belief systems that encompass various personal and institutional relationships between human beings and what they regard as holy, sacred, or divine, usually but not always a deity, or a spiritual or occult force. Participation in a religion is typically manifested in obedience, reverence, and worship, often including group activities and alliance with a leader. Elements of a religion or similar belief system include doctrine, ritual, defined parameters of morality, and a code of living, often seen as a means of achieving spiritual or material improvement.
  • Theology

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  • J. O. Westwood, A Descriptive Catalogue of the Fictile Ivories in the South Kensington Museum G. E. Eyre and W. Spottiswoods. London, England, 1876
    Page Number: 100-101, no. 233

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