I'd be glad of any examples of the flowering/blossoming
cross/ crucifix known to list-members. I know what Schiller has to say
in her standard Iconography of Christian Art and I note that Nigel
Morgan suggests the Robert de Lidsey Psalter (a.1220) example may be
related to contemporary Scandinavian carved wooden crucifixions --
but a correspondent asks me whether there is any associated legend of
the cross which might underlie such iconography -- I can't find that
there is, though Bonaventura's words are cited by the authorities in
this connexion.
I look forward to further enlightenment from list-members!
Malcolm Jones, University of Sheffield
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