Ancient cross, XI-XIII century, found in the ground, "Domongol", authentic.

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Ancient cross, XI-XIII century, found in the ground, "Domongol", authentic.
It was found in the ground.
1111
Despite the abundance of ancient crosses of the XI-XIII centuries, which are both in the hands of archaeologists and in various collections, the layer of historical science associated with them is practically not studied.
The smallest group includes body crosses with images. If encolpion and tive icons of XI-XIII centuries the range of images is quite extensive – we find images of Jesus, mother of God, archangels, saints, occasional multi-figure scenes on the vests we see only the image of the Crucifix, sometimes with the upcoming. Perhaps the only exception is a group of double-sided crosses with the image of saints in medallions. There is also a small group of crosses-transfusions from encolpions.
Most of the pre-Mongol body crosses are decorated with ornaments. Most naturally, types with "Scandinavian" and "Byzantine" ornaments stand out from the main mass.
The forms of ancient Russian body crosses are striking in their diversity. Such a variety of forms did not know Byzantium, did not know it, as far as we can judge, and medieval Europe. The phenomenon of this diversity requires a historical explanation. The most natural thing would be to expect the dominance of the straight-pointed form of "branches", as we find in Byzantium. However, this is not the case – the straight-pointed form is relatively rare compared to other forms of branches. Crosses of the "Maltese type", with "branches" extending to the tip, which were quite popular in Byzantium, only a few types are known in Russia, and then quite rarely found. The main mass is made up of crosses, the branches of which end with a "crinoid", that is, like a Lily flower ending. It would be wrong to say that this form of" branch " of the cross is purely Russian specifics. This form is also found in Byzantium, but in very small proportion to equal-pointed crosses, and mainly in the Balkans.
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