Crux gemmata

form of cross typical of Early Christian and Early Medieval art

Jewelled cross dating from c.1000AD

10th-century Asturian Christian ornamented processional cross

Ottonian processional cross

early medieval reliquary in Oviedo, Asturias (Spain)

12th-century Irish Christian cross

processional cross and reliquary of the True Cross

processional cross in the Essen Cathedral Treasury

thumb|120px|The Holy Crown of Hungary having pendilia. thumb|120px|Votive crown of the Visigoth King [[Recceswinth († 672), part of the Treasure of Guarrazar.]] Pendilia (singular pendilium; from Latin pendulus, hanging) or pendoulia (the Greek equivalent), are pendants or dangling ornaments hanging from a piece of metalwork such as a crown, votive crown, crux gemmata, or kamelaukion, and are a feature of Early Medieval goldsmith work. On crosses the pendilia may include the letters alpha and omega, and on votive offerings, which were often designed to be hung over altars and where pendilia ar

processional cross by anonymous at the Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg, Germany

two Ottonian crosses in Hildesheim, Germany