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The Cloisters Cross, an intricately carved Romanesque walrus-ivory altar cross

The Met Cloisters · Fort Tryon Park, Washington Heights, Upper Manhattan

The Cloisters Cross

Now showingPermanent collection·$30

A 12th-century English walrus-ivory altar cross carved with some 92 figures and 98 inscriptions; a tour de force of Romanesque art often linked to the abbey at Bury St Edmunds.

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