{"product_id":"vintage-bronze-flowering-crucifix","title":"Vintage Bronze Flowering Crucifix","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Flowering Crucifix is in bloom from end to end. Small cast flowers and leaves run out along the arms, climb the upright and gather at the foot, so that the corpus hangs in the middle of a flowering field, and a small plaque above the head carries the letters \u003cstrong\u003eINRI\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThose four letters stand for \u003cem\u003eIesus Nazarenus Rex Iudaeorum\u003c\/em\u003e, Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews, the charge Pilate ordered nailed above the cross in mockery and which the Church has read ever since as simple truth. The flowers answer it. A cross that blossoms is one of the oldest and most hopeful images in Christian art, the dead wood breaking into life on the third day, and nineteenth-century European rosary makers returned to it again and again. Held in the hand, the piece says the whole of Good Friday and Easter at once.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Flowering Crucifix was faithfully reproduced from an antique original and cast in the USA using a traditional fine-detail casting process that preserves the crucifix's 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":48943404318905,"sku":"3c3-1116-B","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0647\/9177\/3369\/files\/3c3-1116-B.png?v=1787688703","url":"https:\/\/catholicshop.com\/products\/vintage-bronze-flowering-crucifix","provider":"CatholicShop.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}