Revisiting the Cloisters Cross
Edited by Cecily Hennessy and T. A. Heslop
With contributions by:
Charles T. Little
Neil Stratford
Sabrina Harcourt-Smith
Robyn Barrow
Cecily Hennessy
T. A. Heslop
ISBN 978-1-907485-16-9
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Managing Editor: Grace Williams
Copy Editor: Robyn Roslak
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Front Cover: Dispute between Pilate and Caiaphas, Ascension, Cloisters Cross, 1150–90,
walrus ivory. The Cloisters Collection, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Acc. No.
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Back Cover: Adam and Eve at the Foot of the Cross, Cloisters Cross, 1150–90, walrus ivory.
The Cloisters Collection, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Acc. No. 63.12. Open
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