Crucea, de la simbol de credinţă la însemn funerar și marcator spațial
The cross: from a symbol of faith to the spatial marker and funeral mark

Summary/Abstract: The cross is an object that can take many forms and meanings depending on the country where it was made, the ethnographic area to which it relates, or the people who used it. This study offers a diachronic perspective of the cross. Its polyvalent character is also illustrated by its uses as an object which marks a certain space or as a funeral mark for the deceased. The significance of this object is explained by the studies of the reasearchers who studied them, but also by the testimonies of the craftsmen who make crosses as memorial monuments in the villages of Urşi from Vâlcea county and Pietriș from Olt county, Romania.

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