Illuminating our Lantern Crosses

Speakers: Anne Preston-Jones and Andrew Langdon

The lecture will look at the overall development of Cornish crosses, to provide a context for the late medieval lantern crosses. Their architecture and geology will be described before focussing on the iconography of the carved images. Finally, a discussion of iconoclasm, concealment and survival of the lantern crosses will demonstrate that Cornwall has a particularly rich collection. Both speakers have published widely on the subject and are well known to involved in the study and practice of history and archaeology in Cornwall.