Christine Milner

• Lignum Vitae’ or ‘Crux Gemmata’? The Cross of Golgotha in the Early Byzantine Period

  Open Access•Christine Milner•ARTICLE•Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies•1996•Cited by: 2•References: 1

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  The assumption is often made – and even stated as fact – that in the Early Byzantine period, the rock of Golgotha in Jerusalem was surmounted by a memorial cross. Such an assumption ignores the manifold problems in establishing not only whether this cross actually existed, but if so, what kind of cross it was, at what date it was put there, and by whom, and whether it was a permanent fixture. This paper will examine contemporary evidence, both te…

• Lignum Vitae’ or ‘Crux Gemmata’? The Cross of Golgotha in the Early Byzantine Period

  Open Access•Christine Milner•ARTICLE•Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies•1996•Cited by: 2•References: 1

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  The assumption is often made – and even stated as fact – that in the Early Byzantine period, the rock of Golgotha in Jerusalem was surmounted by a memorial cross. Such an assumption ignores the manifold problems in establishing not only whether this cross actually existed, but if so, what kind of cross it was, at what date it was put there, and by whom, and whether it was a permanent fixture. This paper will examine contemporary evidence, both te…

• Lignum Vitae’ or ‘Crux Gemmata’? The Cross of Golgotha in the Early Byzantine Period

  Open Access•Christine Milner•ARTICLE•Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies•1996•Cited by: 2•References: 1

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  The assumption is often made – and even stated as fact – that in the Early Byzantine period, the rock of Golgotha in Jerusalem was surmounted by a memorial cross. Such an assumption ignores the manifold problems in establishing not only whether this cross actually existed, but if so, what kind of cross it was, at what date it was put there, and by whom, and whether it was a permanent fixture. This paper will examine contemporary evidence, both te…

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