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A cross of dense interlaced latticework with no free ends.
Also known as: Ethiopian Orthodox cross, Lalibela cross, Coptic Ethiopian cross, Latticework cross
Ethiopian crosses are built from continuous interlace with no loose ends, and every region has its own forms — the Lalibela, Axum and Gondar types are distinct traditions rather than variants. The interlace is said to represent everlasting life, and the endlessness is structural.
Denotes the crosses of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, built from continuous interlaced lines forming a cross without free ends.
Contexts: History
Exists in distinct regional traditions — Lalibela, Axum, Gondar and others — which are separate design lineages rather than variations on one form.
Contexts: History
Is carried as a hand cross by priests, worn as a neck cross by laypeople and mounted on a staff as a processional cross, the three being different objects.
Contexts: History
A cross whose arms are formed from densely interlaced curved and straight lines returning into one another, with no line terminating at a free end.