The pictures on the left show the process. The crucifix which is sculpted in wood and beautifully polychromed dates to the late 17th century. It was traditionally attributed to Melchiorre’ Gafa ...

A wooden 17th-century statue on display at the chapel ... who also made the 200-year-old crucifix at the nearby St Mary of Jesus church, known also as Ta’ Ġieżu church.

This remarkable monument was built in the late 17th century to commemorate a vision ... in Prokudin-Gorsky’s photograph is a large wooden crucifix. Although not visible to visitors, it now ...

RESIDENTS on a Middlesbrough housing estate have described their sadness at the theft of a 17th Century crucifix. The 6ft-high crucifix is believed to have been on the site at Newcomen Green in ...

A rotting 17th-century oak sculpture of the mighty Biblical ... The painstaking process—designed to minimise disturbance to the wood inside—called for a dummy hammer and stone chisel, a ...

FERRYLAND, NEWFOUNDLAND—A small copper crucifix with the Virgin Mary and Christ Child on its back has been unearthed at the Colony of Avalon site on the coast of Newfoundland. The territory had ...

The 17th-century Ta’ Ġieżu crucifix at the Franciscan Church of St Mary of Jesus in Valletta will undergo extensive conservation. Attributed to Frate Innocenzo da Petralia, legend has it that ...