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EVOLUTION OF THE CROSSES ON EXHIBITION

When one looks at the fantastic collection, one's natural reaction is WOW!! Most of us tend to get lost in that first reaction and end up admiring the intricate or eye catching designs. It would be a shame if one did not go beyond what the eyes sees. To help us to go deeper, we have posted a summary write-up beside each type of cross.

Here we intend to help you know how we have classified these crosses. We start with the plain wooden cross, without the corpus (body) and then we move forward to trace the post Jesus crosses, and move back into history to trace the pre Jesus crosses. Let's enjoy the route to discovery:

		The Latin cross as a Christian symbol, it is referred to as the Protestant Cross, because it is a plain cross without any corpus. « read more »

		Mount the Latin cross on 3 steps it becomes the Calvary Cross. « read more »
		Decorate it with vines and superimpose a circle at the joints and it becomes a Celtic Cross. « read more »
		Knock off the top projection and it becomes the Tau Cross. « read more »
		Keep only an outline of the cross and it becomes the Void Cross. « read more »
		Stud it with diamond and it's the Diamond Cross. « read more »
		Place it upside down and it is St. Peter's Cross. « read more »
		Put the letters P and X on the cross and it's a Chi-Rho Cross. « read more »
		The Flory beams end in three points. « read more »
		Tie the two beams together and it's a Cordee Cross. « read more »
		Make the ends of the beams pointed and it becomes the Passion Cross. « read more »
		Add four spheres to the end of the beams and it's the Pommee Cross. « read more »
		If both the beams are spiky and sharp it becomes the Engrailed Cross. « read more »
		Add rays emerging from the center and it becomes the Glory Cross. « read more »
		In Fleur the Lis, the beams end in lily shapes. « read more »
		The Eucharistic Cross depicts the host and the chalice. « read more »
		Flower, Rose, Unity, Peace or Dove Cross have one of these symbols super imposed at the joint. The Aids cross has a red ribbon at the joint.
		The Fleurie, has its ends decorated. « read more »
		St. Andrew's Cross is in the form of X. « read more »
		If the ends are crescent shaped it becomes the Lunate Cross. « read more »
		The Treefoli beams end in three semicircles. « read more »
		St. Benedict has a circle in the middle with certain words written, giving only the first alphabet of each word. « read more »
		In the Pantatic Cross the beams end with a projection side ways.. « read more »
		Add one more beam to the cross and it becomes The Papal Cross « read more »
		And with a foot rest beam it is the Russian Cross. « read more »
		The Sphere Cross is made of Spheres. « read more »
		The Greek, St. Johns, Jerusalem, Pattee, 4L's, Malta, Crosslet, Square are crosses with all four beams of equal length, with variations. « read more »
		The Thor Cross was Thor's Hammer. « read more »
		Lotus the symbol of perfection, is borrowed from Indian mythology. « read more »
		Ankh was an Egyptian Symbol converted. « read more »
		Arrow, Moline (mill stone symbol), Fitchy (Sword) Sun, Anchor and Swastika are all ancient symbols Christianized. « read more »
		Lots of ethnic symbols have been incorporated into the Latin cross to make it ethnic. Eg. Crescent, Chovoi, Star, Man, Orthodox, Diamond, Mexican, American Indian. « read more »
		The African cross does not have the symbol of the cross but depicts the African in bondage, in a boundary of four walls-crucified within. « read more »
		Ethiopian Cross often incorporate a circle; sometimes large, sometime small. The circle was inherited from the Ankh Cross, where it originally depicted the sun god. « read more »
		The Crosslet cross, made up of four crosses meeting at their bases, is symbolic of Epiphany — the manifestation of Christ to all creation. « read more »
		The arrow-head shape gives this cross the name Arrow cross, which is favoured by white supremacists who see their goal moving in all directions. « read more »
		To many Christians, the nautical image of an anchor gives the idea of navigation (through life). « read more »
		The Five Jewelled Cross has five red stones set in it to signify the wounds of Christ. « read more »
		The Sun Cross features a circle around a cross. It is a very ancient cross. « read more »
		Indigenous people like the American Indians (Red Indians) believed very much on the seasons and the 4 directions North-South-East-West. « read more »
		The Greek Cross has all members the same shape and form (crux quadrata) and was popular with Greek Christians who favored symmetrical art. « read more »
		One interpretation of the 'sharp' pointed cross is of four fishtail. The fish symbol was adopted by the early Christian church. « read more »

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