Rupertus Cross
The Rupertus Cross is a processional cross from the end of the 7th century or beginning of the 8th century, probably from a workshop in Northumbria , England. The cross came to Salzburg under Bishop Virgil and belongs to the parish church of St. Maximilian in Bischofshofen in the state of Salzburg .
The Rupertus Cross is a 158 cm large Greek cross made from the wood of the sycamore maple , which stands on a stand. It was clad with gilded and hammered, nailed copper sheet , of which only remnants are left. The sheet metal is decorated with chased plant tendrils and animal motifs. The cross originally had 38 enamel discs as decoration, of which only nine are left. Because of its curved ends, it is also known as a shovel cross. In terms of its overall shape, it looks very similar to the Desiderus Cross (Brescia, before 774).
In 1998, during excavations of the Salzburg Museum with the archaeologist Eva Maria Feldinger in the parish church of Bischofshofen, a piece of sheet copper from the cross was found.
The original is exhibited in the Cathedral Museum Salzburg , a copy of the cross can be found in the Museum am Kastenturm in Bischofshofen or hangs from the ceiling in the parish church of Bischofshofen.
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- ^ Based on the dating of Bierbrauer; Topic Mersmann dates back to the 2nd half of the 8th century.
- ^ Heinz Dopsch : Rupertus-Kreuz Heinz Dopsch, 1982
- ↑ Volker Bierbrauer : The Rupertuskreuz from Bischofshofen Volker Bierbrauer, 1985
- ↑ Archaeologist of the SMCA makes a sensational discovery of the famous Rupertus Cross from Bischofshofen ( Memento of the original from February 3, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Salzburg Museum, 2003
