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" entryDate[1] = " 01/08/" + year entryContent[1] = " Cross Scene - Jacobello Alberegeno: Triptych, 14th century. Note the INRI inscription above the cross.
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" entryDate[2] = " 01/15/" + year entryContent[2] = "

Altichiero da Zevio: Crucifixion (detail), 1376-79. This detail shows the soldiers gambling for the robe.
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" entryDate[3] = " 01/22/" + year entryContent[3] = " Cross Scene - Albrecht Altdorfer: Christ on the Cross, circa 1520. Notice the angel observers, in addition to the people below.
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" entryDate[4] = " 01/29/" + year entryContent[4] = " Cross Scene - Hieronymus Bosch: Christ Carrying the Cross, circa 1500. You can see Simon of Cyrene attempting to lift some of the burden.
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" entryDate[5] = " 02/05/" + year entryContent[5] = " Cross Scene - Andrea del Castagno: Crucifixion, circa 1455. Note the skull beneath the cross.
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" entryDate[6] = " 02/12/" + year entryContent[6] = " Cross Scene - Fra Angelico: Crucifixion, mid-15th-century. Note the pelican shown above the cross.
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" entryDate[7] = " 02/19/" + year entryContent[7] = " Cross Scene - Fra Angelico: Saint Dominic Adoring the Crucifixion, 1440s.
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" entryDate[8] = " 02/26/" + year entryContent[8] = " Cross Scene - Antonio da Firenze: Crucifixion with Mary and St. John the Evangelist, 15th century. Note the emphasis on the blood from Christ's wounds, including his pierced side.
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" entryDate[9] = " 03/04/" + year entryContent[9] = " Cross Scene - Bramantino: Crucifixion, circa 1515. Note the dualism, with the angel and demon, sun and moon, and the good and bad thief.
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" entryDate[10] = " 03/11/" + year entryContent[10] = " Cross Scene - Simone Martini: Carrying of the Cross, 1333. Notice Mary Magdalene in the crowd with her arms uplifted.
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" entryDate[11] = " 03/18/" + year entryContent[11] = " Cross Scene - Giovanni Bellini: Crucifix, circa 1455. If you look at the enlarged view, you will see the inscriptions on this cross are in Greek rather than Latin.
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" entryDate[12] = " 03/25/" + year entryContent[12] = " Cross Scene - Jorg Breu the Elder: Crucifixion, 1524. This shows the moment of the cross being raised.
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" entryDate[13] = " 04/01/" + year entryContent[13] = " Cross Scene - Bonaventura Berlinghieri: Crucifixion, late 13th century. Notice the scenes from the life of Christ shown around the cross.
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" entryDate[14] = " 04/08/" + year entryContent[14] = " Cross Scene - Dieric Bouts the Elder: Passion Altarpiece, circa 1455. Notice the nails that have been removed, lying on the ground.
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" entryDate[15] = " 04/15/" + year entryContent[15] = " Cross Scene - Sandro Botticelli: Crucifixion, circa 1497. The cross is attended only by Mary Magdalene and an angel.
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" entryDate[16] = " 04/22/" + year entryContent[16] = " Cross Scene - Rogier van der Weyden: Christ on the Cross, circa 1460. The image shows the Virgin Mary and the disciple John, paired in grief.
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" entryDate[17] = " 04/29/" + year entryContent[17] = " Cross Scene - Giovanni Battista Tiepolo: Christ Carrying the Cross, 1737-9. Notice the banner reading SPQR, "The Senate and the People of Rome."
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" entryDate[18] = " 05/06/" + year entryContent[18] = " Cross Scene - Duccio di Buoninsegna: Deposition, early 14th century. Notice Nicodemus removing the nails.

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" entryDate[19] = " 05/13/" + year entryContent[19] = " Cross Scene - Raphael: Crucifixion, 1502-3. Notice the angels who catch the blood in cups.

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" entryDate[20] = " 05/20/" + year entryContent[20] = " Cross Scene - Master of the St. Bartholomew Altar: Descent from the Cross, circa 1500. This deposition shows a sign written in Hebrew, Greek and Latin.
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" entryDate[21] = " 05/27/" + year entryContent[21] = " Cross Scene - Albrecht Durer: Crucifixion, late 15th century. Notice the angel who catches the blood from Christ's wounded side.
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" entryDate[22] = " 06/03/" + year entryContent[22] = " Cross Scene - Jacob Cornelisz van Oostsanen: Crucifixion with Donors and Saints, circa 1515. This shows the deposition of the body of Christ.
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" entryDate[23] = " 06/10/" + year entryContent[23] = " Cross Scene - Giotto di Bondone: St. Francis Receives Stigmata, 1325. In a vision of the crucified Christ, Francis receives the stigmata. [ReligiousReading.com]
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" entryDate[24] = " 06/17/" + year entryContent[24] = " Cross Scene - Giotto di Bondone: Crucifix, circa 1305. Notice the robe taken by the soldiers.
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" entryDate[25] = " 06/24/" + year entryContent[25] = " Cross Scene - Duccio di Buoninsegna: Way to Calvary, 1308-11. Here you can see Christ with his hands tied as Simon of Cyrene bears the cross.
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" entryDate[26] = " 07/01/" + year entryContent[26] = " Cross Scene - Gaudenzio Ferrari: Crucifixion, 1513. Notice the demon tormenting the bad thief.
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" entryDate[27] = " 07/08/" + year entryContent[27] = " Cross Scene - Fra Angelico: Deposition from the Cross (detail), circa 1440. The sign above the cross is written in Hebrew, Greek and Latin.
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" entryDate[28] = " 07/15/" + year entryContent[28] = " Cross Scene - Matthias Grunewald: Isenheim Altarpiece, circa 1515. Notice the lamb, a symbol of Christ.
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" entryDate[29] = " 07/22/" + year entryContent[29] = " Cross Scene - Konrad von Soest: Crucifixion, early 15th century. This painting incorporates banners, including one that reads "Truly that one was the son of God."
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" entryDate[30] = " 07/29/" + year entryContent[30] = " Cross Scene - Matthias Grunewald: Carrying the Cross, 1523-4. This scene shows Christ tormented and wearing the crown of thorns.
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" entryDate[31] = " 08/05/" + year entryContent[31] = " Cross Scene - Duccio di Buoninsegna : Crucifixion, early 14th century. You can see the Virgin Mary fainting, paired with Mary Magdalene with her hands outreached.
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" entryDate[32] = " 08/12/" + year entryContent[32] = " Cross Scene - Matthias Grunewald: Cruxifixion, 1523-4. Notice the bending of the croww, and the twisting of Christ's hands and feet.
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" entryDate[33] = " 08/19/" + year entryContent[33] = " Cross Scene - Master Thomas de Coloswar: Christ Carrying the Cross, 1427. On the banner, you can read the words, in Latin, "Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not over me; but weep for yourselves and for your children."
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" entryDate[34] = " 08/26/" + year entryContent[34] = " Cross Scene - Josse Lieferinxe: Crucifixion, early 16th century. On the right, angels are battling demons in the sky.
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" entryDate[35] = " 09/02/" + year entryContent[35] = " Cross Scene - Master of the Bartholomew Altar: Deposition, circa 1500. This deposition scene shows a sign that is written only in Hebrew, although the people are wearing contemporary clothing.
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" entryDate[36] = " 09/09/" + year entryContent[36] = " Cross Scene - Masaccio: Trinity, 1425-8. This fresco shows a crucifixion scene above a tomb of Adam.
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" entryDate[37] = " 09/16/" + year entryContent[37] = " Cross Scene - Weingarten Missal, circa 1210. The emblems of the four evaneglists are seen in the corners.
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" entryDate[38] = " 09/23/" + year entryContent[38] = " Cross Scene - Nardo di Cione: This crucifixion shows the Virgin Mary, Mary Magdalene and John.
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" entryDate[39] = " 09/30/" + year entryContent[39] = " Cross Scene - Psalter of Blanche of Castile, circa 1235. This scene pairs the crucifixion with the deposition in interlocking circles.
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" entryDate[40] = " 10/07/" + year entryContent[40] = " Cross Scene - Duccio di Buoninsegna: Crucifixion, early 14th century. Notice the two opposing crowds, mourning and jeering at the cross.
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" entryDate[41] = " 10/14/" + year entryContent[41] = " Cross Scene - Pinturicchio: The Crucifixion with Saints Jerome and Christopher, 1471. Here the cross is shown in the desert home of Jerome, with Saint Christopher also in attendance.
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" entryDate[42] = " 10/21/" + year entryContent[42] = " Cross Scene - Jan Provost: Crucifixion, circa 1500. Notice Mary Magdalene characteristically embracing the cross.
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" entryDate[43] = " 10/28/" + year entryContent[43] = " Cross Scene - Rogier van der Weyden: Abegg Triptych, circa 1445. The scene shows John and the Virgin Mary, together with three women.
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" entryDate[44] = " 11/04/" + year entryContent[44] = " Cross Scene - Vitale da Bologna: Crucifixion, circa 1335. This busy scene includes not just the skull of Adam below, but his entire skeleton.
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" entryDate[45] = " 11/11/" + year entryContent[45] = " Cross Scene - Unknown artist in Brussels: Deposition, circa 1470. You can see Mary Magdalene kissing the feet of Christ.
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" entryDate[46] = " 11/18/" + year entryContent[46] = " Cross Scene - Jacopo Bassano: The Way to Calvary, circa 1540. You can see Veronica lifting her veil as Christ carries the cross.
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" entryDate[47] = " 11/25/" + year entryContent[47] = " Cross Scene - Simone Martini: Crucifixion, 1333. Notice the characteristically long hair of Mary Magdalene.
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" entryDate[48] = " 12/02/" + year entryContent[48] = " Cross Scene - Jan van Eyck: Crucifixion, early 15th century. This scene shows Christ's side being pierced.
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" entryDate[49] = " 12/08/" + year entryContent[49] = " Cross Scene - Jean de Beaumetz Christ on the Cross, circa 1390. You can see the three women on the left, and John with a Carthusiasn monk on the right.
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" entryDate[50] = " 12/14/" + year entryContent[50] = " Cross Scene - Master of Budapest: Crucifixion, circa 1500. Notice the skull and bones of Adam at the foot of the cross.
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" entryDate[51] = " 12/20/" + year entryContent[51] = " Cross Scene - Annibale Carracci: Domine quod vadis? 1601-2. This painting shows Peter's vision of Christ carrying the cross, anticipating his own crucifixion.
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" entryDate[52] = " 12/26/" + year entryContent[52] = " Cross Scene - Giotto di Bondone: Crucifix, 1317. You can see Mary on the left, and John on the right, with the Blessing Christ above.
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