High cross
(For places, see High Cross (disambiguation).) A high cross or standing cross (Irish: cros ard / ardchros, Scottish Gaelic: crois àrd / àrd-chrois, Welsh: croes uchel / croes eglwysig) is a free-standing Christian cross made of stone and often richly decorated. There was a unique Early Medieval tradition in Ireland and Britain of raising large sculpted stone crosses, usually outdoors. These probably developed from earlier traditions using wood, perhaps with metalwork attachments, and earlier pagan Celtic memorial stones; the Pictish stones of Scotland may also have influenced the form. The earliest surviving examples seem to come from the territory of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Northumbria, which had been converted to Christianity by Irish missionaries; it remains unclear whether the form
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High cross
(For places, see High Cross (disambiguation).) A high cross or standing cross (Irish: cros ard / ardchros, Scottish Gaelic: crois àrd / àrd-chrois, Welsh: croes uchel / croes eglwysig) is a free-standing Christian cross made of stone and often richly decorated. There was a unique Early Medieval tradition in Ireland and Britain of raising large sculpted stone crosses, usually outdoors. These probably developed from earlier traditions using wood, perhaps with metalwork attachments, and earlier pagan Celtic memorial stones; the Pictish stones of Scotland may also have influenced the form. The earliest surviving examples seem to come from the territory of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Northumbria, which had been converted to Christianity by Irish missionaries; it remains unclear whether the form
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Une Haute Croix (en anglais Hi ...... es croix après le XIIe siècle.
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Wysoki krzyż (irl.: ardchros, ...... andii czy w Wielkiej Brytanii.
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(For places, see High Cross (d ...... ains unclear whether the form
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Une Haute Croix (en anglais Hi ...... (possédant un anneau au centre
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Wysoki krzyż (irl.: ardchros, ...... andii czy w Wielkiej Brytanii.
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Haute croix
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High cross
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Wysoki krzyż
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