Dish of brown, fine-grained clay covered with a white slip. Period: Middle Byzantine; circa: Late 12th-early 13th c. The decoration is in champlevé, while the individual details are incised. A large standing bird is pictured between two bird-shaped animals resembling griffons but without wings. Dimensions: H. 0.07, Diam. of rim 0.235, Diam. of base 0.08 m. On the ground tufted plants. Yellow, very good quality glaze covers the inner surface and the edge of the rim on the outside. The Benaki Museum of Greek Culture is housed in one of the most beautiful neoclassical-style buildings in Athens, near the National Garden and the Hellenic Parliament.
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Gospel Lectionary with Marginal Illuminations, Period: Middle Byzantine, 2nd half of 11th Century...
Evangelist Mark, Period: Middle Byzantine, ca. 1063. The museum is open to the public Tuesday thr...
Tunic from Palermo; Blue and red velvet, gold embroidery, gold appliqués with cloisonné enamel an...
Psalter and New Testament, Period: Middle Byzantine, circa. 1084 A.D. The museum is open to the p...
Relief from the exterior ornamentation of a church at Amaseia in the Pontos. Materials: stone, Pe...
Pair of Kolti with Sirens, Period: Middle Byzantine Period, ca. 843-1204 AD. Late 11th-12th Centu...
Pectoral cross with busts of Jesus Christ and saints, silver-gilt. On the reverse, the engraved i...
British Museum
Vollschmelz medallion (9th Century – Middle Byzantine Period). Gold cloisonné; bust of St. ...
British Museum (Stop W), London, United Kingdom
Coins, Ruler: Theophilus, Byzantine Emperor; Period: Middle Byzantine circa: 821-842; Minted in: ...
The State Hermitage Museum
Molivdovul. Manuel I Comnenus, Period: Middle Byzantine, circa: 1143-1180. Material: lead. The co...
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medallion with Saint John the Baptist from an Icon Frame, Period: Middle Byzantine, circa: 1100, ...
British Museum
Textile Fragment, Materials: silk and cotton. Period: Middle Byzantine, circa: 8thc-9thc. Rectang...
British Museum
Oliphant; Material: ivory; with two silver bands. Period: Middle Byzantine / 10thC-11thC. Made i...
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Processional Cross, Period: Middle Byzantine, circa: 1000–1050, Materials: Silver, silver-gilt. O...
British Museum
Coin, Ruler: Tiberius III, Byzantine Emperor; circa: 705-711; Minted in: Ravenna. Weight: 4.309 g...
British Museum
The Raising of Lazarus, Panel; ivory; Christ with cruciferous nimbus relocate to right with hand ...
Cleveland Art Museum of Art
Calyx (Chalice), Period: Middle Byzantine, 900s-1000s. Blood jasper (heliotrope) with gilt-copper...
Seal, Theodore Kastamonites, Sebastos. The two Saints Theodore standing with their hands upraise...
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Icon with the Crucifixion, Period: Middle Byzantine circa: mid-10th century, Made in probably Con...
Openwork Lamp with Openwork Inscription, Period: Middle Byzantine, circa Mid. 6th Century A.D. Th...