Cross of Adelheid
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The Cross of Adelheid is an 11th-12th century reliquary in the form of a crux gemmata. It is held in Saint Paul's Abbey, Lavanttal. It was commissioned by Adelheid, daughter of Rudolf of Rheinfelden, passing to St. Blaise Abbey in the 19th century before coming to its present home.[1] It is made of a wooden core covered with gilded silver plate. The four arms of the cross extend from the middle square. The lower arm is the longest and the other three are the same length. Each arm of the Cross ends in a square. [2] On the front are gems, pearls and precious stones. It is 82.9 cm high, 65.4 cm wide and 7.4 to 7.8 cm deep.
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[edit]- ^ "Der Schatz der Mönche – Leben und Forschen im Kloster St. Blasien". www.freiburg.de (in German). Retrieved 9 November 2021.
- ^ "Adelheid-Kreuz", Wikipedia (in German), 2024-02-24, retrieved 2024-09-30