Veil Embroidered with Gold Thread. Period: Late Byzantine; circa: end of the 13th or beginning of the 14th c. A liturgical article used for covering sacred vessels on an altar. It depicts Jesus in a portrayal of the Communion of the Apostles, symbolic of the sacrament of Holy Communion. One of the rare extant Byzantine embroideries. Made in: Constantinople. Dimensions: 0.52×0.65 m.
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British Museum
Copper alloy counterpoise coin balance; in the form of a rectangular beam with transverse bar, La...
The Cleveland Art Museum
Fragment of a Curtain, Period: Early Byzantine; circa: 5th century. Made in: Egypt, Materials: ta...
The J. Paul Getty Museum
The Agony in the Garden, Manuscript, Period: Late Byzantine; circa: 1200 to 1299 A.D. Place: Nica...
The State Hermitage Museum
Icon of St George, Period: Late Byzantine, circa: 13th century. Material: soapstone. Dimensions: ...
Small icon of St Nicholas. Period: Late Byzantine; circa: First half of 13th century. Materials:...
Reliquary Cross with the Crucifixion, Period: Late Byzantine, circa: Late 12th-early 13th century...
British Museum
Gold Signet Ring, Period: Late Byzantine circa: 14thc. Made in: Constantinople. Diameter: 28 mil...
The J. Paul Getty Museum
The Descent into Limbo, Period: Late Byzantine, circa: 13th century. Dimensions: Leaf: 20.6 × 14....
Fragment with Running Figure, Materials: tapestry; linen and wool, Period: Early Byzantine circa:...
Hanging with Hestia Polyolbus, Period: Early Byzantine, First half of 6th Century. The museum is ...
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Four Icons from a Pair of Doors (Panels), possibly part of a Polyptych: John the Theologian and P...
The Cleveland Art Museum
Square Segmentum, Period: Early Byzantine; circa: 5th century. Type of art work: Textile, Materia...
The State Hermitage Museum
Icon, St John the Baptist. Period: Late Byzantine; circa: Early 14th century. Place: Byzantium, A...
The J. Paul Getty Museum
The Annunciation, Manuscript. Period: Late Byzantine, circa: 13th century. Dimensions: Leaf: 20.6...
British Museum
Slipper; leather; with pointed toe and thick sole with gilt borders on the upper part and the fig...
Benediction Cross, Period: Late Byzantine, circa: 1200s-1400s. Materials: black schist, gold, sil...
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Altar Cloth or Podea. Period: Late Byzantine, circa: late 14th century. Made in: probably Greece ...
Tapestry fragment Egyptian (Coptic), Period: Early Byzantine, circa: 5th-6th century A.D. Materia...
British Museum
Icon with St John the Baptist, Icon painted in egg tempera with gold leaf on a wood panel surface...
The Cleveland Art Museum
Fragment of a Curtain, Period: Early Byzantine circa: 500s. Made in: Egypt, Materials: tabby weav...