The Ricci Institute
home about Us projects resources fellows
 

Home > Resources > On-line Exhibits-The Lotus and The Cross

Go BACK to Index Page   Previous< >Next

27.   Headstone with Lotus and Cross
Yuan dynasty (1272—1368)
Quanzhou Maritime Museum
Ricci 27  KP 084 Z20

Headstone showing a cross on a lotus flower and a cloud design set within a plain border following a curved outline.  This basic design is repeated extensively in the Christian monuments dated to this period, although its iconographic import is unknown.

Tour the Ricci Institute
Database on the history of Christianity in China
Publications
Calendar of events
Friends of Ricci
Ricci Library
On-line exhibits

USF Ricci Institute, 2130 Fulton Street, San Francisco, CA 94117
Tel. 415.422.6401, Fax. 415.422.2291, E-mail: ricci@usfca.edu

Last updated: 11 February, 2008