Canterbury cross

Add Circle Remove Circle Resize Small Custom Fullscreen
Date_accepted:
2023-08-30T06:50:06Z
Modified:
2023-09-01T07:00:12Z
Type:
Image
Creator:
Ghosh, Ayan
Contributor:
Ghosh, Ayan
Rights:
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
References:
Bombay and St. Thomas Cathedral
Thumbnail:
https://repository.jioinstitute.edu.in/downloads/36186b2e-037a-49a0-b020-849483f9cb17?file=thumbnail
Description:
Dated from around 850 CE, a Saxon-era brooch was discovered in 1867 during excavations at St. Georges Street, Canterbury. Cast in bronze with complex decorations, the design was replicated for a stone cross erected at Canterbury Cathedral. Similar replicas, mounted on fragments of stone from Canterbury Cathedral, are placed in Anglican Cathedrals worldwide. The cross sent to the Diocese of Bombay is embedded in the west wall of St. Thomas Cathedral (at the bottom, between the two plaques as seen in the above figure).