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...
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Base for a Cross, Period: Middle Byzantine circa: 11th century. Made in Constantinople. Materials...
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medallion with Saint Paul from an Icon Frame, Period: Middle Byzantine, circa:ca. 1100, Made in C...
British Museum
Coin, Ruler: Tiberius III, Byzantine Emperor; circa: 705-711; Minted in: Ravenna. Weight: 4.309 g...
Cross of Romanos II and Basil II, Period: Middle Byzantine, Date: 960-963. Materials: silver and ...
Pair of Kolti with Sirens, Period: Middle Byzantine Period, ca. 843-1204 AD. Late 11th-12th Centu...
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Icon with the Crucifixion, Period: Middle Byzantine circa: mid-10th century, Made in probably Con...
Chain with Pendant Cross, Materials: gold, glass, pearl, garnet, and sapphire. Period: Early Byza...
Enkolpion Reliquary Cross with Crucifixion and the Virgin, Period: Middle Byzantine, circa 10th t...
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Processional Cross, Period: Middle Byzantine, circa: 1000–1050, Materials: Silver, silver-gilt. O...
Opening of Gospel of Matthew. Period: Middle Byzantine. 1063 A.D. The museum is open to the publi...
The State Hermitage Museum
Diptych Showing Twelve Festive Scenes, Period: Middle Byzantine, circa: Late 10th century. Materi...
British Museum
Reliquary Cross; Materials: Cloisonné Enamel and Gold, Period: Middle Byzantine (10thc.) Made in:...
British Museum
Pair of earrings, Period: Middle Byzantine (10thC-11thC). Material: silver. Diameter: 3.4 centime...
Pendant Icon with the Virgin “Dexiokratousa” and Frame with Winged Bull of Saint Luke...
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medallion with Saint John the Baptist from an Icon Frame, Period: Middle Byzantine, circa: 1100, ...
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medallion with Saint Matthew from an Icon Frame, Period: Middle Byzantine, circa: ca. 1100, Made ...
Ivory Plaque with Enthroned Mother of God, (“The Stroganoff Ivory”), Period: Middle B...
British Museum
Vollschmelz medallion (9th Century – Middle Byzantine Period). Gold cloisonné; bust of St. ...
The Cleveland Art Museum
Fragment of a Tunic, Period: Middle Byzantine circa: first half of 7th century, Made in: Egypt. M...