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Greek Double Traverse Cross, Sculpture,11 th cent., Athens. |
Greek Double Traverse Cross, Sculpture,11 th cent., Athens. |
Above
and below, right: Greek Crosses, 1st cent. A.D. Sculptures from sarcophagi. Above left: Greek cross - scuplture, Salonika. |
Greek cross with six branches - scuplture, Salonika |
Cross. Symbol of Christ, fish. Coptic art of Egypt, 4-5th cent. A.D. Paris, Lourve. |
Engraving, 1491, Florence. |
Mystic Cross, engraved gem, 1st cent. A.D. |
Maltese Cross, Assyrian art, Susa, 3000 B.C. Paris, Lourve. |
Fresco from the catacombs, Croos of the Four Evangelists, 1 st century A.D. |
See:
E. H. Gombrich, The Sense of Order, A Study in the
psychology of decorative art, Phaidon, Oxford, 1979, p. 262, pp. 247 – 250.