{"product_id":"vintage-bronze-coptic-cross-with-inner-cross","title":"Vintage Bronze Coptic Cross with Inner Cross","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Vintage Bronze Coptic Cross is broad and flared, worked all over in fine raised granulation and edged with beading, and it carries a second cross within it, a slender rope-twist form laid down the center and across the arms. Small studs mark each terminal and a pointed drop finishes the foot.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe cross within a cross is an old device of the Coptic and Ethiopian traditions, where the endless interlacing stands for eternity, without beginning or end, and the doubling for the cross each believer is asked to carry. Egypt and Ethiopia have kept the cross this way since the earliest Christian centuries, worn openly at the throat as a mark of faith rather than tucked out of sight. Nothing on the piece is lettered; the whole statement is made in texture and repetition, and the granulated ground gives it the feel of far older metalwork.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Coptic cross was faithfully reproduced from an antique original and cast in the USA using a traditional fine-detail casting process that preserves its vintage character.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMade in the USA\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eArtisan-cast from an antique original\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFinished by hand, so every piece is subtly unique.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBuy the medal alone, or add an optional chain or cord necklace\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAdd a cord or chain to have it arrive assembled and ready to wear\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eArrives in a deluxe velour jewelry box\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Equatoria","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48943428698297,"sku":"3c3-784-B","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0647\/9177\/3369\/files\/3c3-784-B.png?v=1787688713","url":"https:\/\/catholicshop.com\/products\/vintage-bronze-coptic-cross-with-inner-cross","provider":"CatholicShop.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}