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Historical Archive: Cloisters Cross British (Bury Saint Edmunds?) or German, around 1150-60 Walrus ivory, 57.5 x 36.2 x 4.1 cm (22.6 x 14.25 x 1.6 inches) New York, The Cloisters 63.12 full frontal obverse full oblique obverse full frontal reverse full oblique reverse oblique obverse center Moses with serpent (Num. 21) and apostles and prophets, obverse center medallion supported by wingless angels Ascension, Caiaphas/Pilate: obverse top plaque Ascension: obverse, top plaque Hand of God and titulus in Greek/Latin/Hebrew, obverse upper cross stem Risen Christ, Women at the Tomb: obverse left plaque Descent from the Cross, Longinus, Nicodemus with pliers, Dead Christ, Oceanus: obverse right plaque Adam and Eve at foot of cross, obverse Adam and Eve, obverse, with Christ's blood on Adam's shoulder Tree of Life trunk, obverse inscription: ...VICTA: GEMIT: SV[rgente].../...[syna]GOGA: RVIT: M[olimine]..., obverse Lamb of God with John the Evangelist, Synagogue, cowled monk, Jeremias, angel (Ecclesia?): reverse center medallion eagle of John (bust): reverse top plaque lion of Mark, prophet Nahum: reverse left plaque and cross arm prophets Malachias, Amos, Job: reverse right cross arm ox of Luke: reverse right plaque prophet Joel: reverse lower cross stem Greek inscription on side, top plaque: anthropos (man), with profile eagle, Ascension profile view of plaque with Decent from the Cross, lion