Oval cameo of glass paste, with a representation of St Dimitrios. Period: Middle Byzantine; circa: 12th c. Materials: glass. Made in: Constantinople. 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. It was converted into a museum in order to shelter the collections of Antonis Benakis and was donated to the Greek nation by himself and his three sisters, Alexandra, Penelope and Argine. Following its most recent refurbishment (1989–2000), the building houses a unique exhibition on Greek culture arranged diachronically from prehistory to the 20th century.
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Brick with a Dog’s Paw Print. Period: Middle Byzantine; Findspot: Istanbul. Material: ceram...
British Museum
Gold coin, Ruler: Michael II the Amorian, Period: Middle Byzantine, circa: 820-829, Minted in: It...
The State Hermitage Museum
Diptych Showing Twelve Festive Scenes, Period: Middle Byzantine, circa: Late 10th century. Materi...
Brisith Museum
Gold coin; Ruler: Manuel I Comnenus, Byzantine emperor; Period: Middle Byzantine; circa: 1143-118...
British Museum
Gold coin; Ruler: Manuel I Comnenus, Byzantine emperor; circa: 1143-1180; Minted in: Constantinop...
Chain with Pendant Cross, Materials: gold, glass, pearl, garnet, and sapphire. Period: Early Byza...
Crescent-Shaped Earring, Materials: Gold filigree with cloisonné enamel. Period: Middle Byzantine...
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Gold Goblet with Personifications of Cyprus, Rome, Constantinople, and Alexandria, Period: Middle...
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medallion with Saint John the Evangelist from an Icon Frame, Period: Middle Byzantine, circa: 110...
Metropolitan Museum of Art
This medallion of Christ is from a group of twelve that once surrounded an icon of the archangel ...
British Museum
Gold coin. Ruler: Nicephorus I, Period: Middle Byzantine, circa: 802-811. Minted in: Italy (south...
British Museum
Reliquary Cross; Materials: Cloisonné Enamel and Gold, Period: Middle Byzantine (10thc.) Made in:...
The State Hermitage Museum
Hyperpyron, Ruler: Alexius I, Period: Middle Byzantine; circa: Between 1092 and 1118. Material: g...
Cleveland Art Museum of Art
Calyx (Chalice), Period: Middle Byzantine, 900s-1000s. Blood jasper (heliotrope) with gilt-copper...
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Fragment of a Floor Mosaic with a Personification of Ktisis, Period: Early Byzantine circa: 500–5...
British Museum
Glass Cameo, Period: Late Byzantine; circa: 13th century A.D. Brick-red, opaque; on the front, th...
British Museum
Textile Fragment, Materials: silk and cotton. Period: Middle Byzantine, circa: 8thc-9thc. Rectang...
British Museum
Gold Earring, Period: Middle Byzantine. circa: 12thc. Length: 1.24 inches. British Museum is clos...
Enkolpion Reliquary Cross with Crucifixion and the Virgin, Period: Middle Byzantine, circa 10th t...
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medallion with Saint John the Baptist from an Icon Frame, Period: Middle Byzantine, circa: 1100, ...