Medieval altar cross reassembled

A newly-restored altar cross is going on display at the British Museum for the first time in 100 years. The medieval cross and the enamel plaque which used to be at its centre have only recently been reunited.

The cross was hidden in a storeroom at the museum because it was incomplete, until painstaking research succeeded in finding its original centrepiece.

Plaques were often removed from crosses in the nineteenth century to satisfy the demands of collectors.

From the BBC (rather belatedly, as the article was posted there over a month ago).

Posted by David on March 25, 2004 5:32 PM