File:The Cloisters Cross MET DP102901.jpg

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Master Hugo: Cloisters Cross  wikidata:Q5134925 reasonator:Q5134925
Artist
Master Hugo  (fl. circa –circa  wikidata:Q1620749
 
Alternative names
Hugo of Bury St Edmunds
Description British manuscript illuminator
Romanesque lay artist
Date of birth 11th century
date QS:P,+1050-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
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Work period circa 1135-1140
Work location
Bury St. Edmunds (England)
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creator QS:P170,Q1620749
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Title
The Cloisters Cross
Object type ivory carving Edit this at Wikidata
Description
British; Cross; Ivories
Date circa 1150
date QS:P571,+1150-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
–60
Medium Walrus ivory
Dimensions

Overall: 22 5/8 x 14 1/4in. (57.5 x 36.2cm) shaft: 12 3/8 x 1 11/16in. (31.4 x 4.3cm) shaft-thickness: 1 1/4in. (3.2cm) top piece: 8 1/8in. (20.6cm) Cross piece: 9 3/4in. (24.8cm) Central medallion: 2 5/8in. (6.7cm) Terminal plaque: Mark: 2 1/4 x 2 5/16in. (5.7 x 5.9cm) Terminal plaque: Luke: 2 5/16 x 2 1/8in. (5.9 x 5.4cm) Terminal plaque: John: 2 5/16 x 2 1/4in. (5.9 x 5.7cm) Thickness, each: 1 1/2in. (3.8cm)

to: 1 5/8in. (4.1cm)
institution QS:P195,Q160236
Current location
The Cloisters
Accession number
63.12
Credit line The Cloisters Collection, 1963
References
Source/Photographer

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/470305

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